"Miss Harris not in?" asked a rough-looking fellow, putting his head through the doorway.
"She'll be back directly," answered Miss Kelley.
"Oh, never mind," said the man, disappearing.
"That's Wyck's old cabby," she said to Hal, and Reg, excusing himself, got up and went outside.
"Is that gentleman your friend?" she asked.
"An acquaintance," he answered. "But you and Miss Harris are not friends."
"I never said so, sir," said she, shortly.
"No, there's no necessity for that."
"She's a niece of the proprietor."
"I see, and has a lot of privileges which the others don't like."