Maggie and Barney and Old Jimmie! Maggie in a suite at the Grantham! What Larry now did, as he got into the taxi, he would have called footless and foolhardy an hour before, and at any other hour his judgment might have restrained him.

But just now he seemed controlled by a force greater than smooth-running judgment--a composite of many forces: by sudden jealousy, by a sudden desire to shield Maggie, by a sudden desire to see her.

So as he stepped into the taxi, he said: "The Grantham--quick!".