"Girl at Hotel Frisbie.
"Name Sylvia Lacey.
"Age nineteen.
"Her mother, my sister, dead for ten years.
"Her father, recently deceased, an alleged artist, a rolling stone and a scapegrace all his life.
"Be present at interview between Miss Martha Lacey and the girl.
"Let Miss Martha take the lead."
There were a few further instructions, but Miss Lacey here broke in upon the reading.
"I'm going to ask you to do one more gallant thing for me, Sir Walter."