[CHAPTER VII.]
GOOD NEWS.
THE following day, when Matthew Reardon went us usual to the office to take back his papers, he found Marshall alone.
"I was at your place last night, Reardon," said he.
"Were you? I didn't know it."
"A young woman, whom I met on the stairs, told me that you had just gone out."
"I was obliged to go. I'm sorry to have missed seeing you."
"No matter," said Marshall; "another time, perhaps, if you will allow me."
"To confess the truth," replied Matthew, bluntly, "we have not much time for company."
"But surely you see a friend now and then?"