BOOK III.
THE GIRL IN GRAY.
XXIX.
AMELIA BECOMES PEREMPTORY.
"Madam, I hope I see you satisfied?"
This was Mr. Gryce's greeting as he entered my parlor on that memorable morning.
"Satisfied?" I repeated, rising and facing him with what he afterwards described as a stony glare.
"Pardon me! I suppose you would have been still more satisfied if we had waited for you to point out the guilty man to us. But you must make some allowances for professional egotism, Miss Butterworth. We really could not allow you to take the initiatory step in a matter of such importance."