“What do you mean by a reform wave? What can a vice investigating committee have to do with my father?”
“Well, you see,” Grogan was picking his words carefully, “your father has large interests. An investigation of that sort unsettles business.”
“What started the reform wave?”
“A girl.”
“A what?”
“I said a girl,” replied Grogan evenly.
Harry laughed.
“Yes,” said Grogan, “they all laughed at her at first, just as you are doing now. But the joke is beginning to lose its point.”
“Who is she?”
“Her name,” returned Grogan, “is Mary Randall.”