We're busy here." He waved me away over his shoulder, the back of his head once more presented to me.
I stole out of the room in great confusion.

Was that the way I was going to be received?
Why, Mr.James had said nobody would hesitate to subscribe.

It was the best paper in Boston, the "Searchlight," and no business man could afford to be without it.

I must have made some blunder.

_Was_ "Mortgages and Bonds" a business?
I'd never heard of it, and very likely I had spoken to C.Jenkins Smith.