"The fact is I--I--have brought some friends to see you.

That is, some of them will, I hope, be your very good friends--my uncle and aunt, and young Howard Devar, whom I spoke about earlier.

There is a detective, too--a very decent fellow named Steingall.

Shall I bring them here?
It will be pleasanter than being stared at in a crowded supper room." She was surprised, but the relief in her tone was unmistakable.
"I don't want any supper," she said.

"I shall be glad to meet your relatives, of course, though----" "Though you think I might have mentioned them sooner?
Well, the strangest part of the business is that they should be in New York at all.