“Guess I must have mixed it up with my own mail this morning. I’d have telephoned you about it, Laura, but upon my word I’ve been so busy all day I clean forgot it. I’ve let the cat out of the bag already, Mr. Corthell, and I might as well tell the whole thing now. I’ve been putting through a little deal with some Liverpool fellows today, and I had to wait down town to get their cables tonight. You got my telephone, did you, Laura?”

“Yes, but you said then you’d be up in half an hour.”