Only a few weeks had passed since that eventful day when St.
George had sent Todd down to arrange for an interview, an event which was followed almost immediately by that gentleman in person.

He remembered his delight at the honor conferred upon him; he recalled how he had spent the whole of that and the next day in the attempt to negotiate the mortgage on the old home at a reasonable rate of interest; he recalled, too, how he could have lowered the rate had St.George allowed him more time.

"No, pay it and get rid of them!" St.George had said, the "them" being part of the very accounts over which the two were poring.

And his patron had showed the same impatience when it came to placing the money in the bank.

Although his own lips were sealed professionally by reason of the interests of another client, he had begged St.George, almost to the verge of interference, not to give it to the Patapsco, until he had been silenced with: "Have them put it to my credit, sir.