Bonner looked pleased when he saw his visitor, but he evidently failed to recognize her.
"I'm Miss Thurston, the girl who saved your life perhaps in the wreck some time ago," she announced boldly and according to her plan.
"Of course! How stupid of me! I owe a great deal to you, Miss Thurston."
"You can do a great deal, Mr. Bonner," put in the girl quickly. "I've come to ask that you keep your promise to me."
"Let me see, was it a box of bon-bons?" questioned Bonner lightly.
Barbara ignored this and asked bluntly:
"Why do you insist on ruining Mr. Stuart and Mr. Presby?"
"Please explain yourself," said Bonner harshly, taken off his guard and flushing hotly.
Barbara did so, in girlish fashion.
"Young woman, did Robert Stuart send you to intercede for him?"