“There isn’t such an animal,” said Margaret, “and there isn’t such a person as Sir Hartley Timming, and the real price that Multevey and Princk were asking for their stole was ninety guineas. I suppose you think I showed a certain tendency to untruthfulness in my dealings with Sophie?”

“Not at all,” said Clovis; “but I think you’ve brought the Romance of Business to an advanced stage of perfection.”