"I do."
"Very well. Did you bring the three hundred dollars which she owes to the estate of my client?"
"No, sir."
"What then?"
"I came to repeat what I have written you, that my aunt was authorized to occupy the house rent-free."
"It was hardly worth while to come so far to say that," said Mr. Brief, with a sneer.
"I am here in Montreal on other business, and have taken the opportunity to see you about my own."
"Indeed! Then you are a business man?"
"I represent the firm of Jones & Porter, publishers."
"Humph! Can't they get any one but a boy to represent them?"