Pawle, "to the fountain-head. We may get to
know something. Have you a card?"
The footman who took the cards looked doubtfully at them and their
presenters.
"His Lordship is just going out," he said, glancing over his shoulder. "I
don't know--"
Mr. Pawle pointed to the name of his firm at the corner of his card.
"I think Lord Ellingham will see me," he said. "Tell his lordship I shall
not detain him many minutes if he will be kind enough to give me an
interview."
The man went away--to return in a few minutes and to lead the callers
into a room at the rear of the hall, wherein, his back to the fire, his
look and attitude one of puzzled surprise, stood a very young man,
dressed in the height of fashion, who, as his servant had said, was
obviously just ready to go out. Viner, remembering what had brought him
and Mr. Pawle there, looked at Lord Ellingham closely--he seemed to be
frank, ingenuous, and decidedly youthful. But there was something
decidedly practical and business-like in his greeting of his visitors.
"I'm afraid I can't give you very long, Mr. Pawle," he said, glancing
instinctively at the old lawyer.
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