Guelvada said: "Ha! ha! So now I begin to see something." He began to walk about the room. "Always the very careful person— the person like Kiernan— forgets something. Always because a thing is innocent to him, he thinks it will be innocent to everybody else. So I suppose he doesn't worry about the invoice."
She asked: "Does it mean anything?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "We shall see.... For me, I think it may mean a great deal. Maybe this Kiernan is not so clever. Maybe he's a fool, hey? Time will show...."
"Would you like something, Mr. Guelvada— a cocktail?"
He shook his head. "I never drink cocktails after lunch. Always after lunch my brain is at its best. In the afternoons invariably I think." He drew on his cigarette. "Antoinette, I think you have done very well. I think that you
