"No, thank you."
"But these letters are of no use to you."
"How do you know that?" asked Luke quietly.
Forbes blushed.
"Are they?" he countered.
"And why," persisted Luke, "didn't you suggest this to me days ago?" His eyes probed the man before him. "What else did Judge Stein say to you?" he demanded.
Forbes drew back in his chair. His flush deepened, but presently he made an impatient gesture.
"Oh, very well," he said defiantly, "the Judge did see me yesterday, and if you had been at the factory, as you should have been, you'd have seen him, too."
Luke thought it unnecessary to remark that he had been honored by a previous call from Stein.
"What else did he say?" Luke repeated.