True! True! What has he to gain——?

Philip.

[Who is sitting with his hands hanging loosely, utterly bewildered—rousing himself.] Good God, yes! What has Titterton to gain by joining me in a blackguardly scheme to—to—to——?

Dunning.

[To Sir Randle and Roope.] Well, gentlemen, in the first place, it's plain that Titterton was too fly to risk being easily blown upon——

Bertram.

He was prepared to prove that the books have been manufactured and delivered, I mean t'say——

Dunning.

And in the second place, on the question of expense, the speculation was a tolerably safe one.

Lady Filson.