Minturn, you can't help
being glad that joy has come to him at last. Why don't you say something,
Douglas?"
"I have been effervescing ever since you came to the office after me, and
I find now that the froth is off, I'm getting to the solid facts in the
case, and, well I don't want to say a word to spoil your joyous day, but
I'm worried, 'Bringer of Song.'"
"Worried?" cried Leslie. "Why? You don't think he wouldn't be pleased? You
don't think he might not be--responsive, do you?"
"Think of the past years of neglect, insult and humiliation!" suggested
Douglas.
"Think of the future years of loving care, reparation and joy!" commented
Leslie.
"Please God they outweigh!" said Douglas. "Of course they will! It must be
a few things I've seen lately that keep puzzling me."
"What have you seen, Douglas?" questioned Leslie.
"Deals in real estate," he answered. "Consultations with detectives and
policemen, scientists and surgeons."
"But what could that have to do with Nellie Minturn?"
"Nothing, I hope," said Douglas, "but there has been a grimness about
Minturn lately, a going ahead with jaws set that looks ugly for what
opposes him, and you tell me they have been in opposition ever since they
married.
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