noon
Whatever Murray did was no business of his . He was glad that Murray had n't told him . He greeted Jimmy Torrance almost affably , but he lost something of his self-composure when Mason Compton arrived at the office , for Bince had been sure that his employer would be laid up for at least another week , during which time Murray would have completed his work . The noon mail brought a letter from Murray . `` Show the enclosed to Compton , '' it read . `` Tell him you found it on your desk , and destroy this letter . '' The enclosure was a crudely printed note on a piece of soiled wrapping-paper : TREAT YOUR MEN RIGHT OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES