He wants me to go to dinner of course and I tell him to hold his horses while I run upstairs and powder my nose and so I go and when I come down again what do I see? Walter is still standing down on the sidewalk and up at the top of the step is Mr. Edgerton just about to ring the bell! You see how it is they do not know each other of course and Mr. Edgerton is come right at that inconvenient moment and there he is. When he sees me of course he lifts his hat and he says, “How do you do Miss Riggs?” he says. “Well I am sure glad to get in touch with you I have not had nobody to go to dinner with and I am so lonesome I do not know where to go.” He says that kind of jolly like he always is you know but he is got a pretty loud voice and there is Walter listening to every word of it and then looking at the taxi-cab that is brought Mr. Edgerton and his face is as black as the thunderstorm we had this morning. Well a women that is trained to social life like me had ought to know what to do but I don’t and all I can say is, “Mr. Edgerton I have a friend that is just come to see me.” And Mr. Edgerton is rattled too because of course he don’t want to meet nobody. But there is nothing to do but go down the steps and I says, “Mr. Edgerton meet Mr. Rigley,” I says and Walter is not got sense to shake hands but just growls how-de-do and I am thinking as fast as a runaway express train. Walter he says, “Well I see you have a previous engagement,” and he turns on his heel and starts to walk off but of course I grabs him by the arm and makes him turn round and I says, “Look here Walter this is not what you think this is a business matter and this gentleman is a government official and I am doing important work for him,” I says. “What sort of work?” says Walter and you know that kind of pug-nose face that he has got it is already made up for a fight. And of course I can’t answer him because Mr. Edgerton has forbid me to. So what can I do but put it up to Mr. Edgerton? I says, “Mr. Edgerton, Walter Rigley is my fyansay,” I says. And Mr. Edgerton says, “Oh I did not know you was engaged,” and I says, “I have never had occasion to tell you. But now Walter is got two days off from the job of packing goods in a warehouse and he has come to see me as a surprise party. And I think I have got to explain matters to him if you will please let me because he is a very good boy and a one hundred percent American and when he knows that this is government work that we are doing and that it is because we have got to educate the people and keep the Bolshivikis from getting a hold of them he will keep the secret and you can trust him the same as me.” So Mr. Edgerton can’t do nothing else but say, “All right Miss Riggs I will take your word for Mr. Rigley.” And I turns to Walter and says, “There is nobody in the world but my mom and my pop that I have trusted with this but it is all straight and it will be explained to you.”