"Will you write the letter before I go to the office to-morrow morning?"
"Telling Walter I'm not signing over to you the power of attorney? Is that necessary?"
"Very well, Margaret." Daniel rose with dignity and turned away from her. "I'll dictate to my stenographer what I wish you to say to Walter and I'll bring the letter up from the office for your signature."
"Daniel!" Margaret suddenly exclaimed at mention of his stenographer.
He turned about and looked at her.
"Did you give Catherine the note I sent her this morning?"
"I certainly did not."
"Why not?"
"You ask me to play the messenger boy to my own clerk! I read your silly note, my dear, and burned it."
Margaret, sinking a bit lower among the cushions of the couch, did not trust herself to answer.