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going. It is a matter of most urgent and immediate importance. It ought to be sufficient that I promise you, after I am through with it, to put myself at your disposal."
"Then arrest him, Farren," Lorine directed, flushed and determined. "I shall appear against him whenever wanted."
The officer glanced swiftly about the room. He appeared to weigh and to deny the chance of escape through the several rooms of Hereford's offices, whose outer entrance was in the corner furthest from the building elevators, and moved around to place himself in front of the private entrance. "I don't want to appear disagreeable, Mr. Hereford; but orders are orders," he appealed—"and I've had mine from the chief."
"From the chief," Hereford repeated.
