“You've had your little talk with Benson then?” said Wade quickly.
“Yes.”
“How do you stand with him now?”
“How should I stand?” demanded Stephen indignantly.
“Oh, he took what you had to say in good part, did he? Well, I'm glad of that, Steve.”
“Certainly,” said Stephen.
“Well, I am glad,” said Wade. “Just before you came in I was thinking—it hadn't occurred to me before—that in asking you to bring this matter to his notice, we were requiring too much of you. You see, it might have prejudiced your own interests with him,” He glanced sharply at Stephen. “But it didn't.”
“No,” said Stephen drily. “It didn't.”
“Well, I am glad,” repeated Wade, in a tone of hearty good-will. “I suppose you have something to tell me. What's he going to do?” he added.
“So far as I know—nothing.”