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THE SURAKARTA
—for both of us, I should imagine, to go over them in the morning."
"You are mistaken. It is far more important for me—in fact it is quite necessary for me to see them now, at once," the girl insisted.
"Very well," Hereford agreed. "Of course, I do not myself attend to all the details of your accounts. However, I believe I can probably reach one of my bookkeepers by telephone who will meet us at the office and make any point clear to you."
"That isn't necessary," Lorine protested. "I want to see only—the general securities," she said vaguely.
Hereford gazed at her. "I see," he nodded and telephoned to his rooms before he remembered his man had gone out. He himself went up for his hat and coat. Obvi-
