There were deep lines in Bassett's face that had only lately been written there.
"I'll see him Monday.

I only ran up for a day or two.

It's frightfully hot at home." Neither the heat, nor Harwood's enterprise in escaping from it, interested Bassett, who lifted his voice above the thumping of the machinery to say:-- "I told Fitch to talk to you about that suit of yours and fix it up if we can come to terms.

I told him what I'd stand for.

I'm not afraid of the suit, and neither is Fitch, and I want you to understand that.