"And who is to be put on the stand?"

At this question the woman in charge began to fidget. "Excuse me,
miss, but I was ordered not to answer questions. I'm sorry, and I wish
you wouldn't worry so much. If I can do anything else--"

"You can do nothing."

At that moment came the sounds of carriage wheels and a cab from the
depot drew up to the door. Margaret looked through the slats of a
blind and saw that the arrivals were Raymond Case and a stranger, a man
wearing a rather ordinary suit of clothing and a rough slouch hat.

"Thank Heaven, Raymond has brought somebody!" murmured the girl.

There was a short consultation at the front door and she heard the
young man say: "He has a perfect right here and I demand admittance for
us both." Then another murmur followed and the pair came upstairs.
They knocked on the door of Margaret's room and were admitted, and Mrs.
Morse was told that she might go.

"This gentleman has come to give Miss Langmore some advice," said
Raymond Case. "If we want you we will call."

"But I have orders--"

"Miss Langmore will remain in this room, so you have nothing to fear.
She has a legal right to receive advice."

"Oh, if the gentleman is a lawyer I have nothing to say," was the