36 East Eighty-third Street, and in a moment more had Mrs.Stanley on the wire.
"Good evening," he said pleasantly.

"I suppose you have just arrived from Rosylyn.

I may be a little late--I may be very late, in fact, so I called you up to say so.

And I wished to say another thing; to ask you whether your servants could recollect ever having seen a young man about the place, a rather attractive young man with excellent address and manners, five feet eleven inches, slim but well built, dark hair, dark eyes, and dark mustache, offering samples of Georgia marble for sale." "Really, Mr.Keen," replied a silvery voice, "I have heard them say nothing about such an individual.

If you will hold the wire I will ask my maid." And, after a pause: "No, Mr.Keen, my maid cannot remember any such person.