He looked up quickly as she entered.
"Don't think I am taking a liberty, Miss Longworth," he said calmly.
"This place has been a sort of office for us, and your uncle lets us do about as we please here.

I trust you are going to unlock that desk and give me the paper I want." Virginia shook her head slowly.
"I am sorry," she said, "but my uncle will not discuss business matters at all.

He did not seem to remember anything about a paper, and he said that everything must wait until his head is a little clearer.

I am sorry I disturbed him.

I am afraid that the doctor will be very angry with me." Mr.Weiss' face, clean-shaven and lined, with his spectacled eyes and thin, indrawn lips, was as expressionless as a face could be, but Virginia heard him draw a quick little breath, and his very attitude seemed to be the attitude of a man confronted with calamity.
"Miss Longworth," he said slowly, "this is very unfortunate." "I am sorry," she answered.
"Will you sit down ?" he said.