She proposed a walk before dinner. "I'll get into my boots and be ready in a minute."
Phil heard her whistling as she moved about her room.
CHAPTER XX
BACK TO STOP SEVEN
Charles Holton met his brother Fred in the lobby of the Morton House on an afternoon near the end of January. Charles was presenting a buoyant exterior to the world despite a renewal of the disquieting rumors of the fall as to Sycamore Traction and equally disagreeable hints in inner financial and legal circles as to the reopening of Samuel Holton's estate. He resented Fred's meddling in the matter; he was the head of the family and a man of affairs, and he was not pleasantly impressed by the fact that on two occasions to his knowledge Fred had visited Kirkwood at his Indianapolis office.
"I want to see you," said Charles. "Why don't you come to see me when you're in the city and save me the trouble of chasing over here?"
"Well, Charlie, you've found me now. What is it you want?"