"Did he entertain much?"
"Largely. He was fond of company, and so was Donna Inez."
"Mrs. Grent, you mean?"
"I do," replied Vass tartly. "But she prefers to be addressed in the Spanish style."
"Do you know if Mr. Grent had any very intimate friends."
"One or two," said the secretary, with some little hesitation.
"Can you give me the names of the one or two?" asked Torry politely.
"Well, Mr. Roderick Blake for one. He is an Irishman."
"So I should judge from the name," said the detective drily! "and another friend, Mr. Vass?"
The man hesitated and finally came out with another Spanish name. "If you insist upon knowing," said he, with reluctance, "there was Captain Manuel?"