But Tempest answered shortly,-- "Come along." "Hullo, I say," said Crofter suavely, but with a flush on his cheeks, "he's steering me, Tempest." "He's doing no good.

He's stuck you in the bank already.

Come along, Jones." "I haven't done with him yet," said Crofter, flushing still more deeply as his voice became sweeter.

"I want him to stay with me." "And I don't want him to stay with you," blurted out Tempest, losing his temper.

"I've told him so already.