“Good-bye.”
Cæsar called a servant and bade him:
“Telephone to my friend Alzugaray. You know his number. Tell him to be here inside an hour.”
“Very good, sir.”
This arranged, Cæsar went to the main door and saw that the Minister’s motor was headed for down town. Immediately he took a carriage and went to the Chamber. The undersecretary of the Speaker was a friend of his; sometimes he gave him advice about playing the market.
Cæsar looked him up, and when he found him, said:
“How are we getting on?”
“All right, man,” replied the undersecretary.
“Come over here, so I can see you in the light,” said Cæsar, and taking him by the hand, he looked into his eyes.
“It’s true,” said the undersecretary, laughing, “that the situation is not very strong.”