Book 4, Chapter 2

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌⁠When Mrs. Ballantree MacDonald received the telegram, which reached her the day before Barrie's letter, she showed it at once to Aline West. It read:

"Please forgive me for not saying 'Yes' as you wish to B. N. But I need give no more trouble for a long time, though. Mr. and Mrs. Vanneck leaving to-morrow. Mr. Somerled has arrived here with my cousins the MacDonalds from London and I am invited to