"
"Ah, the subject!"
"And with the object in view."
"Oh, I see."
"But pray be seated. And now explain this most wonderful phenomenon." He
tapped the letter.
"Oh, that is quite simple," said Miss Brodie. "I set the case of young
Mr. Cameron before my uncle, and of course he at once saw that the only
thing to do was withdraw the prosecution."
Mr. Rae stood gazing steadily at her as if striving to take in the
meaning of her words, the while screwing up his ear most violently till
it stuck out like a horn upon the side of his shiny, bald head. "Permit
me to say, Miss Brodie," he said, with a deliberate and measured
emphasis, "that you must be a most extraordinary young lady." At this
point Mr. Rae's smile broke forth in all its glory.
"Oh, thank you, Mr. Rae," replied Miss Brodie, smiling responsively at
him. "You are most--" But Mr. Rae's smile had vanished. "What! I beg
your pardon!" Miss Brodie's smiling response was abruptly arrested by
finding herself gazing at a face whose grave solemnity rebuked her smile
as unwarranted levity.
"Not at all, not at all!" said Mr. Rae. "But now, there are matters
demanding immediate action. First, Mr. Sheratt must receive and act
upon this letter without delay." As he spoke he was scribbling hastily
a note. "Mr. Dunn, my young men have gone for the day.
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