"I see you've been to Belloc first and they've given a hundred dollars.

Was that wise-going to them first?
You know how my father feels about Belloc.

And we're the older firm." The girl laughed.

"Oh, that's silly! Belloc's money is as good as John Grier's, and it only happened he was asked first because Fabian was present when I took the list, and it's Fabian's writing on the paper there." Carnac nodded.

"That's all right with me, for I'm no foe to Belloc, but my father wouldn't have liked it.