'Roughly, two days a week, anything of emergency to be dealt with separately.'
Bilton smiled.
'You chiefly deal in emergencies,' he said.
Mr. Palmer tapped the table rather impatiently.
'What do you make a year?' he asked.
'Round about two hundred thousand dollars.'
'I guarantee you a hundred thousand,' he said, 'on the two days a week basis. If it takes you longer than that, let me know. Only my affairs come first.'
Bilton considered this a moment without the slightest trace of exultation or pleasure.
'That's right, then,' he said. 'I guess I'll go off over the Wyfold business.'
'Yes, do. I'm going to look at Seaton House. I shall be in by two. Will you lunch with me?'