I thought we'd find him somewhere about the place before
now."
"He's just come into the office," said Carson, leading the way. "He'll
be mightily pleased to see Mr. Kendrick."
This prophecy proved true. Hugh Benson, who had not known of his
partner's intention to bring Mr. Kendrick, Senior, to visit the store,
flushed with pleasure and a little nervousness when he saw him, and gave
evidence of the latter as he cleared a chair for his guest and knocked
down a pile of small pasteboard boxes as he did so.
"We don't usually keep such things in here," he apologized, and sent
post-haste for a boy to take the offending objects away. Then the party
settled down for a talk, Richard carefully closing the door, after
notifying a clerk outside to prevent interruption for so long as it
should remain closed.
"Now, grandfather, talk business to us, will you?" he begged. "Tell us
what you think of us, and don't spare us. That's what we want, isn't
it?" And he appealed to his two associates with a look which bade them
speak out.
"We certainly do, Mr. Kendrick," Hugh Benson assured the visitor
eagerly. "It's our chance to have an expert opinion.
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