Will you call at my office, Mr.Waddington, at ten o'clock to-morrow morning--number 17, Norfolk Street ?" "With pleasure," Mr.Waddington assented.

"Have a drink ?" Mr.Bunsome did not hesitate--it was not his custom to refuse any offer of the sort! He sat down at their table and ordered a sherry and bitters.

Mr.Waddington seemed to have expanded.

He did not mention the subject of architecture.

More than once Mr.Bunsome glanced with some surprise at Burton.