Nevertheless his bearing was pleasant enough, and he seemed to her a gentleman.
"I am Miss Longworth," she answered.

"You want to see my uncle, I suppose?
They have made a mistake in showing you in here." "Not at all," he answered, with an ingratiating smile.

"I know that your uncle is very busy, so I took the liberty of asking to see you.

It is such a simple matter I required, that it was not worth while interrupting him.

My name is Carr, and I am on the _World_.