"Can you come over to my office for a few minutes?
"Yes. It's important."
In a few minutes Harold King arrived.
"Haven't got a thousand dollar check for me?" he asked as he came in.
"I am sorry to say I haven't, but I heard something a little while ago that I thought you should know. I was over at the office of the Wing Mortgage Company and Wing told me that his stenographer has left him and he is having trouble finding another."
"I'll tell Miss Babcock."
"She has already applied, but someone has been doing some knocking."
"If anybody has been knocking on Ruth it is that whelp of a Stover."
"Evidently you are not in love with Stover," Wilson commented.
"Could you love a rattle snake?" Harold asked.