'A little,' he answered. 'I was detained.'
There was silence for a few moments, and Wentworth appeared to be waiting
for Longworth to speak. At last Longworth said:
'I have succeeded in getting very nice offices indeed, and I was telling
Mr. Wentworth about them. You see, it is not very easy to engage offices
in a good part of the City by the week. They do not care to let them in
that way, because, while a weekly tenant is occupying them, somebody
else, who wants them for a longer time, might have to be sent away.'
'Yes,' said Kenyon in a non-committal manner.
'Well, I have got just the offices we need, and have now set the men at
putting gilt lettering on the windows. I have taken the offices in the
name of "The Canadian Mica Mining Company, Limited," which I shall have
on the plate-glass windows in a very short time. Now, Mr. Wentworth here
seems to think the offices rather expensive. I have told him before what
my ideas are in the matter of expense. Perhaps, before anything more is
said on the subject, we ought to go and look at the rooms.'
'How much are they a week?' asked Kenyon.
Young Mr. Longworth did not answer, because at that moment his monocle
fell out of its place and had to be adjusted again; but Wentworth jerked
out the two words, 'Thirty pounds.'
'A _week_?' cried John.
'Yes,' said Longworth, after having succeeded in replacing the round bit
of glass--'yes; Mr. Wentworth seems to think that is rather high, but I
defy him to get as fine offices in the City for anything less in price.
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