It was concise, business-like, grammatical and courteous.

Since his trouble Reginald had never been addressed by any one in the terms of respect conveyed in this communication.
Furthermore, the appointment being between one and two--the dinner- hour--he would be able to keep it without difficulty or observation, particularly as Weaver's Hotel was not a stone's throw from the _Rocket_ office.

Then again, the fact of his letter being from a "corporation" gratified and encouraged him.

A Select Agency Corporation was not the sort of company to do things meanly or inconsiderately.

They were doubtless a select body of men themselves, and they required the services of select servants; and it was perfectly reasonable that in an affair like this, which _might_ lead to nothing, strict mutual confidence should be observed.