CHAPTER FOURSusanna was on the terrace staring at the view when an hour or so later Mr. Chambers came and joined her.
He was carrying a large pile of papers in his hand and she turned to say,
“I am sorry – very sorry if I – upset him.”
“It was my fault,” Mr. Chambers replied. “I brought the New York Times from London and very stupidly left it in the sitting room. Clint picked it up and thought that I intended for Mr. Dunblane to have it.”
“He seemed to be upset because Mr. Henry Ford is bringing out a new car,” Susanna said, “and I thought perhaps he had investments in other makes.”
She had been thinking as she was waiting that American fortunes that were made so quickly could doubtless disappear at the same speed.
Her father had spoken of disastrous financial crashes on Wall Street
