when I don’t want them any longer. At present he is simply a portfolio stand. Why object, Gilmore, to a portfolio stand?”
“I DO object. For the third time, Mr. Fairlie, I beg that we may be alone.”
My tone and manner left him no alternative but to comply with my request. He looked at the servant, and pointed peevishly to a chair at his side.
“Put down the etchings and go away,” he said. “Don’t upset me by losing my place. Have you,
when I don’t want them any longer. At present he is simply a portfolio stand. Why object, Gilmore, to a portfolio stand?”
“I DO object. For the third time, Mr. Fairlie, I beg that we may be alone.”
My tone and manner left him no alternative but to comply with my request. He looked at the servant, and pointed peevishly to a chair at his side.
“Put down the etchings and go away,” he said. “Don’t upset me by losing my place. Have you,
