"I wouldn't advise you to. I'm afraid he may be a long time. He has some very important business on hand just now."
"My business," said Mrs. Levitt, "is very important."
"Oh, if it's only business," Barbara said, "I think we can settle it at once. I've had most of the correspondence in my hands and I think I know all the circumstances."
"You have had the correspondence in your hands?"
"Well, you see, I'm Mr. Waddington's secretary. That's what I'm here for."
"I didn't know he trusted his private business to his secretary."
"He's obliged to. He has so much of it. You surely don't expect him to copy out his own letters?"
"I don't expect him to hand over my letters to other people to read."
"I haven't read your letters, Mrs. Levitt. I've merely taken down his answers to copy out and file for reference."
"Then, my dear Miss Madden, you don't know all the circumstances."