IN THE SMOKING-ROOM.
"You don't mind my telling you exactly where I think you're wrong?" i.e., "You obviously want setting down, and I may as well do it."
"Do you mind just stating that over again?" i.e., "While I think of something to say in reply."
"Of course you know more about the subject than I do;" i.e., "I am pretty sure you never gave it a thought till this minute."
"If you care for my candid opinion;" i.e., "I am now about to be annoying, and perhaps rude."
"All right, I'm not deaf!" i.e., "Keep your confounded temper."
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