‘Just so, sir.’
‘I fancied I had forbidden you to re-enter this hotel?’
‘I thought your order applied only to my professional capacity. I am here to-night as the guest of Mr and Mrs Sampson Levi.’
‘In your new rôle of man-about-town, eh?’
‘Exactly.’
‘But I don’t allow men-about-town up here, my friend.’
‘For being up here I have already apologized.’
‘Then, having apologized, you had better depart; that is my disinterested advice to you.’
‘Good night, sir.’
‘And, I say, Mr Jules, if Mr and Mrs Sampson Levi, or any other Hebrews or Christians, should again invite you to my hotel you will oblige me by declining the invitation. You’ll find that will be the safest course for you.’