I'm sure yours is a very interesting story, sir." The reporter was a pleasant, affable young man, and that was why he was so particularly efficient in his chosen line of work.
"I was not prepared to disclose my identity so soon," said Lord Monckton ruefully.

"But since you have stumbled upon the truth, it is far better that I give you the facts as they are.

Interviewing is a novel experience.

What do you wish to know, sir ?" And thus it was that, next morning, New York--and the continent as well--learned that Lord Henry Monckton, ninth Baron of Dimbledon, had arrived in America on a pleasure trip.

The story read more like the scenario of a romantic novel than a page from life.