And now let's get down to business.

He insists upon talking it over with you.

You don't mind me being present, do you, Brock?
I daresay I can help you out a bit.

I've been married four years." For an hour the trio discussed the situation from all sides and in all its phases.

When Brock arose to take his departure, he was irrevocably committed to the enterprise; he was, moreover, completely enchanted by the vista of harmless fun and sweet adventure that stretched before him.
He went away with his head full of the brilliant, quick-witted, loyal young American who was entering so heartily into the plot to deceive her own friends for the time being in order that her husband might profit in high places.
"She _is_ ripping," he said to Medcroft in the hallway.