"I have a good reason for wanting to know. I will tell you all about it later."
He hung up the receiver without the customary "good-bye" and rushed from the room with Wilson shouting after him, "Be careful what you say and do."
Harold lost no time in getting down to the Central State Bank. Stover was in the banking room when Harold entered. Harold informed the cashier that he wished to speak to Stover. The cashier called Stover, who came to the cashier's window. "Stover," said Harold, "I want to talk to you in private, and I want to talk to you right now." There was no mistaking the anger and determination in his voice.
"This is private enough if you speak low," said Stover, as he put his face close to the bars that protected the window.
"All right, if it's private enough for you it is for me. What I want to know is what you mean by telling Wing that Miss Babcock keeps bad company?"
"Well, young man, I don't know that this is any of your business, but if you would like to know I will tell you that I meant exactly what I said. I discharged her from my employ for that reason."
"Stover, do you mean to call me disreputable?"
"I didn't say anything about you to Wing."
"You said that she associated with a disreputable young man. You didn't mean Golter, did you?"
"No, sir; I didn't."