'
'Oh, you are too particular. Wait till you have been in the City ten
years longer, and you won't mind a little thing like that.'
'Little things like that, as you call them, are indicative of general
character.'
'Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. You mustn't take things too seriously.
I do not see that anything can be done until Longworth chooses to exhibit
himself. If you can suggest anything better, as I said before, tell me
what it is, and I am ready to do my part.'
'I confess I don't see what we can do. We might wait a day or two longer
yet, and then, if we hear nothing more from Longworth, dismiss those
solicitors he has chosen, and take the gentlemen who act for you.'
'The people Longworth has engaged do not bear a very good reputation;
still, I must admit they talk in a very straightforward manner. As you
say, it is perhaps better to let matters rest for a day or two.'
And so the days passed. Wentworth wrote again to Longworth at his office,
and said they would wait for two days, and if he did not put in an
appearance, before that time, they would go on forming the company as if
he did not exist.
To this no answer came, and Kenyon and Wentworth again held consultation
in the sumptuous offices which had been chosen for them.
'No news yet, I suppose?' said Kenyon.
'None whatever,' was the answer.
'Very well; I have made up my mind what to do----'
But before John Kenyon could say what he had resolved to do, the door
opened, and there entered unto them Mr.
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