“Who?”
“Mr. Smull, sir. He just come in a minute since——Hold the wire, please.”
After a minute or two the door-keeper’s voice: “She’s busy, sir. She can’t talk to you now——”
“Did Miss Odell tell you to say that?”
“No, Mr. Smull told me she couldn’t talk to nobody just now.”
“Call up Mr. Smull again and tell him Mr. Annan wishes to speak to Miss Odell at once!”
“I don’t like to—all right, hold it again——”
Annan waited. Suddenly Smull’s voice: “Annan?”
“Yes.”
“Sorry, but the little lady can’t be interrupted just now——”