At length he roused himself and said, "I suppose there is no good in my staying here any longer."
"You are quite welcome to stay" was the reply; "but I agree with you that there is no good purpose to be served by your doing so."
"What a Job's comforter you are," sighed poor Mr. Forde.
"Job came all right in the end, if you remember," Mr. Werner replied. "If you only fare ultimately half so well as he did you will not have much cause to complain."
"Yes, to-morrow must come, no matter how much sorrow to-day holds," answered Mr. Forde unconsciously paraphrasing one of Kleinwort's utterances. "If you see any of my people, Werner, do try to make things a little pleasant for me."
"You had better explain what you propose telling them, so that I may know the statement I am expected to back up," said Mr. Werner. "These things ought to be arranged beforehand."
But Mr. Forde had already banged the door and departed, so that the last utterance failed to reach his ears.
When Mr. Werner went out during the afternoon he met Mr. Kleinwort.
"Have not you some shares in that Spanish mine Green promoted," he inquired.
The German nodded.