“Has my uncle started yet?” she asked sweetly.
The surprised clerk stepped back on a bellboy, and covertly kicked him for being in the way.
“His lordship is in his room,” he said, with a low bow.
“All right,” said the Angel, picking up the card. “I thought he might have started. I'll see him.”
The clerk shoved the bellboy toward the Angel.
“Show her ladyship to the elevator and Lord O'More's suite,” he said, bowing double.
“Aw, thanks,” said the Angel with a slight nod, as she turned away.
“I'm not sure,” she muttered to herself as the elevator sped upward, “whether it's the Irish or the English who say: 'Aw, thanks,' but it's probable he isn't either; and anyway, I just had to do something to counteract that 'All right.' How stupid of me!”
At the bellboy's tap, the door swung open and the liveried servant thrust a cardtray before the Angel. The opening of the door created a current that swayed a curtain aside, and in an adjoining room, lounging in a big chair, with a paper in his hand, sat a man who was, beyond question, of Freckles' blood and race.
With perfect control the Angel dropped Lord O'More's card in the tray, stepped past his servant, and stood before his lordship.