"In the Berkshires. Will you come?"
She glanced at the colonel, but he was staring so fixedly at her that
she looked away.
"We might consider it," said Silvette, turning toward Edgerton.
"Couldn't you consider it at once?" asked Mr. Rivett. Evidently this
little man with his glasses and his protuberant mustache had his own
methods of accelerating business.
"You have mentioned no terms," said Edgerton.
"Oh! Am I to mention them? I expected you had your own ideas on that
subject. Very well, then." And the offer he made left them silent and
a little shy. It seemed too much.
Edgerton said laughingly to Diana:
"Suppose we consult in your room--if Mr. Rivett doesn't mind our
withdrawing for a moment."
"Go ahead," nodded Rivett energetically; "that's exactly what I
want--quick action. I like quick results."
So Silvette and Diana and Edgerton rose and entered the room in single
file, closing behind them the folding doors.
"Well!" breathed Diana, sitting down on the edge of the bed, "did you
ever before see a man of that kind?"