"
The young man frowned slightly. This was not to be so easy as he
thought.
"Well," he said, "I can get the names from your servants, without
bothering your uncle. Must be rather interesting for you, Miss
Longworth, to hear these famous men talk,"
She shook her head.
"I do not understand one half of what they say," she answered, "but what
I do understand doesn't sound in the least wonderful."
He smiled appreciatively.
"I can quite understand that," he said; "but there must have been some
of the conversation that you understood. For instance, the Anti-Trust
Bill that is coming before the House in a few weeks. They ought to have
said some interesting things about that."
Virginia moved calmly across the room, and before the young man had
perceived her intention she had rung the bell.
"I think," she said, "that you are a very impertinent person. Please go
away at once."
He shrugged his shoulders as he turned towards the door. His expression
was still entirely good-humoured.
"Don't be angry with me, Miss Longworth," he said, as he paused for a
moment with his hand upon the knob of the door; "it's all in my day's
work, you know.
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