"We can't stand this, though.

I'll get on to his office.

We must speak to him." He gave some rapid instructions to a clerk whom he had summoned, then took a printed sheet of prices from a machine which ticked at his elbow.
"If it's war," he muttered, "we shall have to fight hard, but what I don't understand is why he wants to break with us." The clerk re-entered the room.
"There is a young lady here," he said, "who wishes to speak to you, sir." "Name ?" Weiss demanded curtly.
"Miss Virginia Longworth," he answered.
Weiss and Littleson exchanged quick glances.
"Show her in at once," Weiss ordered.

"What do you suppose this means ?" he asked, turning to Littleson.
The young man had no time to reply.

Almost immediately Virginia was ushered into the office.