Nevertheless his usual breeziness of manner had not altogether deserted him.

Sir Edward looked him up and down, and finding him look exactly as Mr.James B.Coulson of the Coulson & Bruce Syndicate should look, was inclined to wonder whether his secretary had made a mistake.
"I was told that you wished to see me," he said.

"I am Sir Edward Bransome." Mr.James B.Coulson nodded appreciatively.
"Very good of you, Sir Edward," he said, "to put yourself out at this time of night to have a word or two with me.

I am sorry to have troubled you, anyway, but the matter was sort of urgent." Sir Edward bent his head.
"I understand, Mr.Coulson," he said, "that you come from the United States." "That is so, sir," Mr.Coulson replied.

"I am at the head of a syndicate, the Coulson & Bruce Syndicate, which in course of time hope to revolutionize the machinery used for spinning wool all over the world.