"May I ask," he demanded coldly, "why I have been called in?"
"That seems fair?" The Duke appealed to Hank, and Hank nodded. "It seems a deucedly fair question."
He turned to the young man—
"Mr. Nape," he said solemnly, "we want an editor for the Brockley Aristocrat."
Mr. Nape saw light.
"I of course know the paper," he said—there was little that Mr. Nape did not know—"but I have only seen it once—or twice," he corrected carefully.
"It doesn't exist yet," said his serene grace, "it's a new paper that Hank and I are going to run, and we need an editor."
"I see," said Mr. Nape, industriously blowing his nose to hide his confusion....
"We want an editor of fearless independent character, who will do as he's told, and ask no questions."
"Yes, yes," approved the detective.