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De la Croisa abandoned himself to the inevitable. Here was a young man who was not going to be put off, and, in his heart of hearts he liked him all the better for it. He placed another chair in the cottage porch and invited Saltburn to sit down. Then he waited for him to speak.
"I know you are the only man to come to," Saltburn said. "You see, I know exactly who you are, and I know that you are in Sherringborne's confidence. For all I am not following my father's profession; I have had a good business training, and I am interested in international finance. Now, is it true or not that Sherringborne has got himself mixed up in that Tortina business? Now, my dear Baron, I am not asking these questions out of mere curiosity. This is not impertinence on my part."