'Oh!'
'I am very sorry! How tired you must be! I was vexed not to be able to give you notice, but you know what poor Smith is.'
'I don't know why you had to do it all, and at this time of night,' said Wilmet, still a little hurt.
'It is the only chance for him to-morrow at the meeting to have his accounts clear; so I called under the plea of seeing about the letter in Pur, and with much ado got him to realise a little more of his position, and let me look at the books. That was at five.'
'And you have been at it ever since? O Felix!' as he stretched his arms and gave a vast yawn.
'Ay! If I had shown any consciousness of the time, he would have shut up at once; and he would not let me take them home to do to-morrow morning.'
'It is to-morrow morning!'
'So it is! I must make haste, for I must try to see Mr. Ryder and Jones before the meeting. Good-night, dear old W. W. I meant to have had other talk.'
'But oh! you must have some supper!'
'I've had it—sumptuous! Stilton cheese!'