"First of all, I shall place the facts before the Directors. They at least shall know that I have not been false to them or to myself."
"When will you do this?"
"As soon as possible,—this afternoon if I can get them together."
"Would you mind postponing it until to-morrow?"
"What is to be gained by that?"
"May I have an interview with you at your house to-night? It is for this that I ask the postponement."
"Certainly," Gorham replied, wonderingly. "I will see you at nine o'clock."
"I thank you," said Covington, rising and leaving the office without further comment.
XXIX
Gorham received two callers on that Saturday night. Sanford came first, and the heartiness of the welcome extended him thawed out the blustering exterior which made it so difficult for the warm heart underneath to assert itself.