“No,” said Dick, “I honestly don’t think he’ll mind. I don’t believe he wants the market to go to smash on his account. And to me it means--well, I haven’t been here a day yet; and the chief gave me a week to find him and get an interview. So it means the biggest kind of a big beat, Miss Wales, and that means a juicy fee and a juicy fee means----” Dick stopped suddenly, bit his lip, and then laughed. “I didn’t use to be so mercenary, did I, Madeline? Then I have your consent, Miss Wales? Are you girls coming back with me?”