"I've got the glimmering of a plan. Let me work out details before I put it before you for the O.K.... As I see the problem, it's this. You want Clifford to cut loose from Miss Verney. You want him to return to you. You want me to use that signature to my Hudson Bay prospectus to induce him to return."
"Well?"
"You're making a mistake."
"In what?"
"Never try to force a man's feelings in such a matter. Get him to persuade himself. Let him return of his own free will or not at all. Now my plan, if it works out right, will do that."
"What is the plan?"
"Give me time to get details settled. Is Clifford in London?"
"I don't know where he is."
"I suppose I could get his address through Miss Verney?"
"No doubt."