But——!
Dunning.
[To Roope.] My good sir, in the whole of our experience—mine and Mr. Sillitoe's—we've never come across a neater bit of hankey-pankey—[to Philip] no offence—and if Merrifield hadn't smelt a rat——
Roope.
But—but—but—the cost of it all, my dear Mr. Dunning! I don't know much about these things—the expense of manufacturing many thousands of copies of Mr. Mackworth's new book——!
Sir Randle.
[Alertly.] Quite so! Surely, if we were to be deceived, a simpler method could have been found——?
Roope.
[With energy.] Besides, what has Mr. Titterton to gain by the deception?
Sir Randle.