CHAPTER XIV

DURING the days that followed Oldroyd’s fear of Morris and his uncomfortable reaction towards the very unusual circumstances in which he found himself displayed themselves in a sulky, lazy insolence towards Morris which bode fair to disorganize the whole running of the Universal Advertising Agency. The other young men working in the room could not help but notice Oldroyd’s behaviour. Not unnaturally they tried to imitate it, and when Morris called them sharply to order they resented it, and sulked, and whispered to…