Two Martinis, dry as you like, Jim," he added, turning round to the smoking room steward.

"Sure you won't join us, Lawton ?" "Daren't!" was the laconic answer from the man whom he had addressed.
"By-the-bye," Mr.Raymond Greene went on, "let me make you two acquainted.

This is Mr.Douglas Romilly, an English boot manufacturer--Mr.Paul Lawton of Brockton.

Mr.Lawton owns one of the largest boot and shoe plants in the States," the introducer went on.

"You two ought to find something to talk about." Philip held out his hand without a single moment's hesitation.