But she was, as
Lucy phrased it afterwards, "a motherly soul, when one got
underneath her war-paint." She was always inviting Montague to her
home and introducing him to people whom she thought would be of
assistance to him.
Also there came that evening young Harry Curtiss, the General's
nephew. Montague had never met him before, but he knew him as a
junior partner in the firm of William E. Davenant, the famous
corporation lawyer--the man whom Montague had found opposed to him
in his suit against the Fidelity Insurance Company. Harry Curtiss,
whom Montague was to know quite well before long, was a handsome
fellow, with frank and winning manners. He had met Alice Montague at
an affair a week or so ago, and he sent word that he was coming to
see her.
After dinner they sat and smoked, and talked about the condition of
the market. It was a time of great agitation in Wall Street. There
had been a violent slump in stocks, and matters seemed to be going
from bad to worse.
"They say that Wyman has got caught," said Curtiss, repeating one of
the wild tales of the "Street.
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