He would have to send a cable to May to get things fixed.

他必须给梅发电报才能解决问题。

She sent a cable to her father to announce her immediate return; she had already cabled to him to say that Walter was dead; and then went back to the Townsends to tell Dorothy what she had done.

她给父亲发了一封电报， 宣布她立即返回。她已经打电报告诉他沃尔特已经死了。然后回到汤森家告诉多萝西她做了什么。