He stopped and his face got very red, for the door opened and Mrs. Halliday and Bernard came in.
"I imagined we would find you here, but it looks as if you were quarreling," Bernard remarked.
"We were quarreling," Dick admitted with strange calm, for he was relieved that a chance to get rid of his load had come. It was his duty to tell Jim and Bernard and he had been afraid. Now he could leave matters to the head of the house.
"You are hot-blooded, Dick, but I don't imagine you would get angry about nothing. May I inquire the grounds for the dispute?"
"I'll tell you if you will send for Jim. The thing touches him."
Bernard pressed an electric bell and Mordaunt said: "You will be very sorry for this, Dick."
The bell rang and when a servant came Bernard said, "Tell Mr. Dearham we would like to see him here."