"And his solicitor fellow, Loring ?" "Perfectly trustworthy." "Ow," commented Eugene, and fell into a study so deep that Courtney was able to escape without being missed.
In the library, where he went to ring for a servant, he found Constance Joy looking gloomily out of a window, with a magazine upside down in her hands.

She immediately rose.
"Don't let me disturb you," begged Courtney as he rang the bell.

"Do you know where I can find Johnny Gamble ?" "I really couldn't say," replied Constance sweetly.

"I left him out in the gardens a few minutes ago." And she made for the door, confident that she had not spoken with apparent haste, embarrassment or coldness.
"Won't you please tell him that Joe Close and Morton Washer and Colonel Bouncer are coming out on the next train ?" requested Courtney.

"You're sure to see him by and by, I know." "With pleasure," lied Constance miserably, and hurried to finish her escape.