She barely mentioned Mr.Gamble's name, and it was surprising how easily he heard her and how quickly he came back.
"I forgot to ask you to call," she said.

"If you can spare any time from your pursuit of that million dollars we should be glad to see you at the house--Aunt Pattie and I." "Will you be busy to-morrow evening ?" he briskly inquired.
"There's no one expected but Mr.Gresham," she informed him with a smile at his precipitancy.
"I'll be there," he stated with businesslike decisiveness.

"I'll bring along from five to twenty thousand dollars' worth of time and use up as much of it as you'll let me." "I'll have a meter," she laughed..