What do you think about it?'
'Oh, I think it would be an excellent plan. I am sure the property is a
good one, or Mr. Kenyon would have nothing to do with it. I shall write a
note to them, if you think it advisable, inviting them here to talk with
you about it.'
'That will not be necessary at all. I do not want people to come here to
talk business. My office is the proper place.'
'Still, we met them in a friendly way on board the steamer, and I think
it would be nice if they came here some evening and talked over the
matter with you.'
'I don't believe in introducing business into a man's home. This would be
a purely business conversation, and it may as well take place at my
office, or at Wentworth's, if he has one, as I suppose he has.'
'Oh, certainly; his address is----'
'Oh, you know it, do you?'
Edith blushed as she realized what she had said; then she remarked:
'Is there any harm in my knowing the business address of Mr. Wentworth?'
'Oh, not at all--not at all. I merely wondered how you happened to know
his address, when I didn't.'
'Well, it doesn't matter how I know it. I am glad you are going to join
him, and I am sure you will be successful. Will you see them to-morrow?'
'I think so. I shall call on Wentworth and have a talk with him about it.
Of course we may not be able to come to a workable arrangement. If not,
it really does not matter very much. But if I can make satisfactory terms
with them, I will help them to form their company.
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