Her voice had recovered its most formal, frigid tone.
"Please recall, Judge Harvey, that you are here at the present moment not as a friend but as my man of affairs." "All right," he said grimly.

"But at least I've told you what I thought as a friend." "As my man of affairs," she continued with her magnificent iciness, "you may now tell me what you have been able to do for me about a cottage in Newport." "Very well, here goes as your man of affairs: You said you wished to be in Newport from the middle of July to early in September." "Yes." "The house, of those available, which I thought would come nearest suiting you is 'The Heron's Nest.'" "You mean the cottage Mrs.Van der Grift had last season ?" "The same." "You need not describe it then.

I know it perfectly.

It is exactly what I desire; elegant, but not showy.

And the terms ?" "Ten thousand for the season." "Quite satisfactory.