At the door he called to the butler, standing in a side hall.
"Aaron, order dinner at three o'clock, and the trap at four. I must take the 'cannon-ball train.'"
He and the messenger disappeared, and after a moment Eglah withdrew her eyes from the vacant chair opposite, and turned to her guest.
"I think you brought some papers you wish me to sign. May I do so now?"
"When you have examined them, they must be signed in the presence of a notary public, whom you can find at my office, or, if you prefer, he shall come here."
He laid a roll of type-written documents on the table and rose.
"Shall I leave the box with you for to-day?"
Impatiently she pushed it aside.
"Take it away—keep it. I hope I may never set my eyes on it again."
The brooding shadow on her pale, rigid face made the lawyer's blue eyes cloudy.