\"I want to get away from it all,\" she insisted.
He waited a moment and cleared his throat. \"I know. Mr. Letterblair has told me.\"
\"Ah?\"
\"That's the reason I've come. He asked me to—you see I'm in the firm.\"
She looked slightly surprised, and then her eyes brightened. \"You mean you can manage it for me? I can talk to you instead of Mr. Letterblair? Oh, that will be so much easier!\"
Her tone touched him, and his
\"I want to get away from it all,\" she insisted.
He waited a moment and cleared his throat. \"I know. Mr. Letterblair has told me.\"
\"Ah?\"
\"That's the reason I've come. He asked me to—you see I'm in the firm.\"
She looked slightly surprised, and then her eyes brightened. \"You mean you can manage it for me? I can talk to you instead of Mr. Letterblair? Oh, that will be so much easier!\"
Her tone touched him, and his
