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`` I 'll have to see Barker first : he 's supposed to be unfriendly to the Holtons -- old political feeling . '' It occurred to Phil that it was odd for her father to be interposing himself between the Holtons and scandalous insinuations of the press as to their integrity . Tom Kirkwood reflected a moment , then opened the gate in the office railing and sat down beside her . `` I 've got to get the twelve o'clock train back , '' he said , `` and this must go in to-day . We must reassure the people as quickly as possible . '' She wrote an opening paragraph without further parley and read it . He made a few changes , and then dictated a statement as attorney for the Desbrosses Trust & Guaranty Company , trustee for the Sycamore bondholders .