In my day it was something to be Governor of Virginia." She waved her fan more vigorously than before, and the wind from it blew a paper from the table beside her.

She was birdlike in her movements, and before Rand could stoop, she had caught the sheet.

"Rows and rows of figures!" she exclaimed.

"Is it a sum you're doing ?" He nodded, taking it from her.

"Yes; a giant of a sum," he answered easily, and put the paper in his pocket.