“I’ll do my best.”
“You are to notify the box office without delay that sale of seats must stop.”
“Oh, but there will be a flurry!”
“Tell the manager just what has happened. Here is a check which I have made out for you. It is for five hundred dollars.”
Frank handed Havener the check.
“What’s this for?” asked the stage manager.
“To settle with the manager of the opera house and to pay bills here till I return.”
Havener slowly shook his head.
“I’m afraid this won’t do,” he said.
“Not enough?”