"Anyhow, I have planned that it will be through her that you and Orlean may be brought together."
He was attentive.
"But before you go into it, my request is that my name shall be left out."
His eyes asked a question that she answered.
"It is so. While Mary is a friend of mine, she has certain habits that I don't like."
He regarded her more questioningly.
"I will say no more."
His face blanched, and then his mind went back two years. Orlean had made just such a remark. He was sorry.
"So I don't want you to mention me, since it would do no good."
"I understand."