"Not that I want to say a word against Clifford," he added quickly. "He's a very clever man of business, and I admire him for it. But a woman wants more than cleverness."
"How well you understand!" said Olive. "So few know me as I really am. If only we had met before——"
She stopped abruptly as a door opened at the farther end of the room. Morris Sylvester entered briskly with a telegram in his hand. As confidential secretary, it was his duty to open all telegrams and most of the letters addressed to his chief. Sylvester passed the open telegram to Larssen, saying:
"Excuse my interruption. This telegram just arrived seems important. I thought you would like to see it."
"Thanks." Larssen glanced over it. "No answer necessary."
Sylvester withdrew.
"It's a wire from your gay brother-in-law," said Larssen to Olive.
"From John Rivière! Where is he?"
"In London. He proposes to call on me to-morrow morning at eleven."
"I wonder what he has to say."