"Do they know at home?"
Lee bent his head. "The papers. But I don't want her here. I told her she needn't come."
"But she may, and——"
"Oh no; she won't want to."
There was a pause. Then he said in firmer tones:
"This is a bad business, sonny."
"It'll be all right."
"Have you seen Julia?"
"The woman in there? Yes."
"She's a good sort, Julia—looks after everything. Most of 'em would have cleared out and left me."