"Business, sir?" repeated the valet, slightly shocked. He was young, as was everyone we had seen; but he was an English servant, correctly trained in the tradition.
"Yes; what's his business?" Pete asked again.
"Mr. Bane, sir, has no business; he has investments, undoubtedly, sir; but he has no business. He is a gentleman."
"Oh," said Pete. "And how long has he been one?"
"Sir?"
Pete simplified somewhat. "How long have you been in his service?"
"Six months, sir."
"He had this place, then?"
"Yes, sir."
"How long before had he been here?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Mr. Bane has a family?"
"There is no family here, sir."
"Who are these other people?"
"What other people, sir?"
"Well, Boggs, for instance; and Donley."
