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 having my back broken in two on that horrible road we took because you didn't know any better than send Le Seyeux ahead where he couldn't be any use to us. Where've you been?"

"Now, look here, Honey!" Tinker remonstrated. "Can't a man even go get his hair cut without your"

"You haven't had your hair cut."

"Well, I didn't say I had. Can't you give me time enough to tell you I'm lookin' for the barber-shop?"

"You don't need to find it. If you want a barber, you can tell them to send one up to your room."

"Now, Mamma"

"You get in that elevator," Mrs. Tinker said dangerously.

The bright-eyed Arab boy in charge of the elevator giggled pleasantly; and Tinker, though becoming desperate under so much discipline, felt it might be best to comply with his wife's desire.

"Well" he said resignedly; but at that moment, glancing round, he began to hope. The relief to which he trusted was in sight. Le Seyeux, radiant with pleasure, had just made his appearance, coming in from the street, and with him were three men of solemn presence, followed by three Arab servants in