Virginia hesitated, but only for a moment.

"If you really wish for these details," she said, "you must ask my
uncle. I do not care to tell you."

"But say, isn't that rather rough upon your uncle?" he asked doubtfully.
"We can't bother him with every little thing. Surely there can be
nothing indiscreet in your giving me the names of your guests. Most
people send them to the papers themselves."

"I do not know," Virginia said, "whether my uncle would wish me to do
so. In any case, I shall do nothing without his consent."

The young man frowned slightly. This was not to be so easy as he
thought.

"Well," he said, "I can get the names from your servants, without
bothering your uncle. Must be rather interesting for you, Miss
Longworth, to hear these famous men talk,"

She shook her head.

"I do not understand one half of what they say," she answered, "but what
I do understand doesn't sound in the least wonderful."

He smiled appreciatively.

"I can quite understand that," he said; "but there must have been some
of the conversation that you understood. For instance, the Anti-Trust