Arthur frowned slightly.
"You mean——"
"Yes. But I came," said Mr. Langham, "not as a pagan Turk but as a Christian gentleman. I was just about to take passage for Liverpool when I saw your sister Mary looking out at me from The Four Seasons. And so I wrote to ask if I could come here. I have lived well, but I am not disappointed. I am very rich——"
"My dear Sam," said Arthur, "you are the best fellow in the world. What do you want of me?"
"To know that you think I'd try my best to make a girl happy if she'd let me."
"A girl?" smiled Arthur. "Any girl?"
"In all the world," said Mr. Langham, "there is only one girl."
"If I were you," said Arthur, "I'd ask her what she thought about it."
Langham assumed a look of terrible gloom.