With a smile, the earl produced the coveted bit of pasteboard and handed it to the alderman.
When they were fairly out of the hotel, both laughed merrily.
"Do you want me to be as respectful as Mr. Alderman Burton?" asked Scott.
"No, be yourself, Scott. That will suit me better."
CHAPTER XXVI. AN ADVENTURE.
Scott intended to start on his homeward journey the next morning, but an hour before he was to leave he received a telegram to the following effect:
"Wait for letter. Tower."
Scott understood at once that the letter would contain instructions from the firm, and therefore informed the earl that he would remain a day longer.