Alice blushed. “I don’t think he had the right to do that.”
“People with money think they have the right to do anything.”
“What else did he tell you?”
“He intimated something of your particular s****l interests.”
“My interests?”
“The things you are willing to do. The things you like to do, perhaps.”
“I am not accustomed to discuss such matters with strangers,” she said coldly.
“I am sorry. I have embarrassed and distressed you. I had no right.”
“No, you did not,” she said. She stood up to leave.
“Please,” he said. “I think he told me because he thought I should be more likely to employ you if you were unusual, shall we say.”
“Unusual?”
“If it makes any difference, I may say that I share some of your tastes.”
“You know nothing of my tastes, Mr Harvey. Please do not ever mention
