“I wish I could help him, too,” said Pauletta in a troubled voice. “In the past I fear I’ve been very selfish and inconsiderate.”
“There’s a way to help if you’re willing to do it.”
“I don’t understand.”
“You say that on the fourth of each month a man comes here to see your father. If you tried could you learn his name?”
“I might drop in upon them at an awkward moment, compelling Father to introduce me.”
“Are you willing to do it?”
“Why, yes, but I fail to see what will be gained.”
“Perhaps nothing, perhaps a great deal,” replied Penny. “If the man is a blackmailer, it should help for us to know his name.”
“I’ll learn what I can.”
“Then until the fourth, good-bye. And please, not a word to Mr. Judson. We must work secretly.”