“I’ll call at your office about ten o’clock.”
“I may be away, but if I am not you can see me.”
“How long have you been with my father?”
“Ever since I was five or six years old.”
“What made him take you? He isn’t so very charitable.”
“There was some money that went with me, I have heard.”
“I’ve no doubt of it. The old man is keen to look out for Number One. He prefers that to looking out for Number Ninety One.”
Paul laughed at the joke, though he didn’t think it very brilliant.
“Do you expect he will leave you his money?” questioned Barclay, with a sharp glance at Paul.