"I want somebody to know besides me, and I've chosen you."
"Oh, all right," muttered Bowdon resignedly.
Ashley walked twice across the room and came to a stand again opposite his friend.
"The notes are for Miss Pinsent's husband," said he.
Bowdon looked up quickly.
"Hullo!" said he, with lifted brows.
"I mean what I say; for Fenning."
"As the price of not coming?"
"Who told you he hadn't come?"
"Babba Flint; but it's all over the place by now."