She went to the second door on the left, and opened it.

"Mr. Robert Ab--" she began, and then broke off. The room was
empty. She turned to the man behind her. "If you will sit down,
sir, I will find the master. I know he's in, because he told me
that you were coming this afternoon."

"Oh!" He looked round the room. "What d'you call this place,
eh?"

"The office, sir."

"The office?"

"The room where the master works, sir."

"Works, eh? That's new. Didn't know he'd ever done a stroke of
work in his life."

"Where he writes, sir," said Audrey, with dignity. The fact that
Mr. Mark "wrote," though nobody knew what, was a matter of pride
in the housekeeper's room.

"Not well-dressed enough for the drawing-room, eh?"

"I will tell the master you are here, sir," said Audrey
decisively.

She closed the door and left him there.