"Oh, is it a private matter?" asked the lady.
Flushing a bit, June arose at once and withdrew, from the room.
"William Lamson has arrived in town, and demands to see you," said Dodge, when June had disappeared, the maid having likewise withdrawn.
"That man?" said Mrs. Arlington, with a little start and a slight shiver. "I have brought you to do the business with him. You are a regular attorney of the C. M. A. of A., and you have my instructions."
"So I told him."
"Well?"
"He refused pointblank to do any business whatever with me."
"He did."
"Yes. I talked to him pretty straight until—ahem!—until I could say no more."