"Winthrop is largely interested in some Mexican mines."
"Yes, I know, I heard Leith Pierrepont speaking of it."
"He must be suddenly summoned there."
Mrs. Chalmers lifted her head and looked at her daughter admiringly.
"What a head you have, Jessica, to be sure! But how is it to be accomplished?"
"That is the detail which I haven't quite mastered. Do you know where your old friend Meriaz is located?"
Mrs. Chalmers colored. She hesitated a moment, then answered, slowly:
"Yes, I think so."
"That is good. Then we must utilize him. If he had had a little more money, I should have urged your marrying him. As it is, he must think you mean to recall him, and so be made to serve you."
"You forget—"