HAWCASTLE
[heartily]
We'll have no difficulty about that, my boy. I'll wire my solicitor immediately, and he'll be here within two days. If you wish to consult your own solicitor you can cable him.
HORACE
[with some embarrassment]
Fact is, I've a notion our solicitor—Ethel's man of business, that is—from Kokomo, Indiana, where our Governor lived—in fact, a sort of guardian of hers—may be here almost any time.[pg 034]
HAWCASTLE
[taken aback]
A sort of guardian—what sort?
HORACE