21/22 "I have been endeavouring all day to find some mutual friend to introduce me to your daughter. Will you do so? "I am not asking for anything more now than just an opportunity to talk with her." "It is not a matter which admits of discussion," Mr.Grex pronounced. "I have permitted you to say what you wished, notwithstanding the colossal, the unimaginable impertinence of your suggestion. I request you to leave me now and I advise you most heartily to indulge no more in the most preposterous and idiotic idea which ever entered into the head of an apparently sane young man." Richard rose slowly to his feet. |