"That's quite a smart team you were driving, Miss Creighton," he said.
Sally, who disregarded this, turned to Hawtrey.
"What's he doing here?" she asked.
"He came over on a little matter of business," said Hawtrey.
"You have been selling wheat again?"
Hawtrey looked embarrassed, for her manner was not conciliatory. "Well," he admitted, "I have sold some."
"Wheat you haven't got?"
Hawtrey did not answer, and Sally sat down. Her manner suggested that she meant to thoroughly investigate the matter, and Edmonds, who would have greatly preferred to get rid of her, decided that as this appeared impossible he would appeal to her cupidity. The Creightons were somewhat grasping folks, and he had heard of her engagement to Hawtrey.
"If you will permit me I'll try to explain," he said. "We'll say that you have reason for believing that wheat will go down and you tell a broker to sell it forward at a price a little below the actual one. If other people do the same it drops faster, and before you have to deliver you can buy it in at less than you sold it at. A good many dollars can be picked up that way."
"It looks easy," Sally admitted, with something in her manner which led him to fancy he might win her over. "Of course, prices have been falling. Gregory has been selling down?"