He seized his telephone and made an appointment to call at once on Bivens.
The financier extended his delicate hand and with a cordial smile led Stuart to a seat beside his desk. The only sign he betrayed of deep emotion was the ice-like coldness of his slender fingers.
"Well, Jim, you've completed your very thorough investigation?"
"How did you know I was making a thorough investigation?"
Stuart looked at Bivens with a quick movement of surprise. The little man was gazing intently at the ceiling.
"I make it my business to know things which vitally interest me. You found my facts accurate?"
"Remarkably so."
"And you are ready to strike?"
The black eyes flashed.
"When I have confirmed some statements you have made in your story concerning the private life of these men. How do you know the accuracy of the facts you state in a single line, for instance, about the private life and habits of the president of a certain trust company?"