"Who?"
"Oswald Grismer——"
"I saw him."
"Did you run across Harry Belter?"
"No," exclaimed Cleland, "is he here?"
"Very much so. Harry is always in the thick of things artistic. How goes literature with you?"
"I came back to start things," said Cleland. "How does it pan out with you?"
"Well," said Grayson, "I write things that are taken by what people call the 'better class' magazines. It doesn't seem to advance me much."
"Cheer up. Try a human magazine and become a best seller," said Cleland, laughing.
And he continued his search for Stephanie.