"Tell you what——" began Villiers.
He got no further, for at that instant the door opened and Harborough appeared.
"Can you spare me a minute, Beverley?" he asked.
Beverley went out. His chums exchanged glances.
"It's a deal after all, old bean," remarked Claverhouse.
Bobby was absent not one but a good ten minutes. He returned with a radiant face, following the self-possessed Sir Hugh.
"Beverley has signed on," announced the baronet briefly.