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Dr. Goldfinch was pottering about in his study, in his inconsequent way, apparently very busy doing nothing, so that he hailed Philp quite cheerfully. He seemed to have already forgotten the fact that Macrae had been arrested in his own garden a short time ago, though, at the same time, he was not looking quite so composed as usual.
"Well, my young friend," he asked, "and what can I do for you? This is a most unpleasant business in connection with Macrae, but they will never prove anything against him, never. I had no idea that Dent was such a fussy official. I have always regarded him as a level-headed man. It is very annoying, and very trying for that poor child of mine. But it must come right in the end."