"Late hour for callers, isn't it?" said Mr. Ralston.
A few callers had called. Hothouse flowers, waxen and pale, had been left with messages of sympathy.
A maid, in white fluted cap, offered the callers liqueur, coffee, or chocolate, as they might desire.
"So I do sometimes," I answered; "but to-day my callers have been all women, winding up with an hour and a half of Lady Naselton.
Reference has already been made to the callers upon Edison; and to give simply the names of persons of distinction would fill many pages of this record.
Skeelty interrupted his task of running up columns of impressive figures to ask his callers to be seated, and opened the interview with characteristic abruptness.
The chef waiter was taking the coats of the gentlemen callers. I received the guests, acknowledged the introductions, and then, as I removed my own coat, I handed him the little package.