Since Harwood employed her Bassett had made use of her constantly in the writing of letters.

There would have been nothing extraordinary in his calling her to the office for an evening's work; it was the girl's falsehood about Ramsay and the quiet closing of the door of Bassett's inner room that disturbed Harwood.

He passed into the library and Rose left without saying good-night.

The incident annoyed Dan; Bassett's step had been unmistakable, and the girl's confusion had its disagreeable significance.

He had not thought this of Bassett; it was inconsonant with the character of man he still believed Morton Bassett to be.
In winding up the receivership of the paper company Bassett had treated Harwood generously.