"
"I believe I will go, too," said Mrs. Duncan unexpectedly.
"I want to make some purchases at Stewart's."
This suggestion was very far from agreeable to her husband.
"Really--I am"--he said, "I must disappoint you. My time
will be wholly taken up by matters of business, and I can't go
with you."
"You don't need to. I can take care of myself, and we can
meet at the depot at four o'clock."
"Besides, I can't supply you with any money for shopping."
"I have enough. I might have liked a little more, but I can
make it do."
"Perhaps it will look better if we go in company," thought
Prince Duncan." She needn't be in my way, for we can part
at the station."
"Very well, Jane," he said quietly. "If you won't expect me
to dance attendance upon you, I withdraw my objections."
The eleven-o'clock train for New York had among its pasengers
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan.
There was another passenger whom neither of them noticed--
a small, insignificant-looking man--who occasionally directed
a quick glance at the portly bank president.
CHAPTER XIX
EFFECTlNG A LOAN
Prince Duncan was unusually taciturn during the railroad
journey--so much so that his wife noticed it, and inquired
the reason.
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