"Are you a business man, Mr. Remington?" she asked.
"No, madam," answered Remington hesitatingly.
"Professional then?"
"My friend Remington is a physician," said Frederic. "I should have introduced him as Dr. Remington."
"Perhaps you are a patient of his?"
"Oh, no," laughed Frederic. "I don't need any medical services."
"Nor I," said Mrs. Vernon quickly.
"By the way," said Frederic, turning toward Robert, "this is Mr. Frost, my aunt's private secretary."
Dr. Remington surveyed our hero closely.
"He is young for so important a position," he said.