Once or twice a
week I go up and sit in his chair and talk. In all the years I
have known him I have only seen him troubled once or twice. Then I
asked him the reason, and he told me. To-day I heard you speak
about some money you wanted, and then I saw that something had
gone wrong. After I left he came downstairs and passed my window
and did not look in. I watched him go up the street, he walked
very slow, and his head was down on his chest. I did not like it.
A little while ago he came back; I went out to meet him. I said,
'Mr. Grayson, what troubles you?' And he said--'Nothing, Isaac,
thank you,' and went upstairs. That is the first time in all the
years I know him that he answered me like that. So now I ask you
once more--how much money do you want, and what do you want it
for? When I know this, then I will know what troubles Mr. Grayson.
There is always a woman or a sum of money at the bottom of every
complication. Mr. Grayson never worries over either. I do not
believe you do, but I have had many surprises in my life.
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