"In that case we had better dine together! We must see a good deal of each other, Mr. Lundell, so that you may have an opportunity of studying my face for a second edition, which it is always well to have. Really, I must say, there are few people to whom I felt so strongly drawn from the first moment, as I did to you, Mr. Lundell."
"Oh, my dear sir!"
"And let me tell you that my eyes are keen and well able to distinguish truth from flattery."
"I knew that from the first," answered Lundell unscrupulously. "My profession has given me an insight into human character."
"You are a very keen observer indeed. Not everybody understands me. My wife, for instance...."
"Oh! Women cannot be expected...."
"No, that wasn't altogether what I meant. But may I offer you a glass of good old port?"
"Thank you, sir; I never drink when I'm working, on principle...."
"Quite right! I respect this principle—I always respect principles—all the more because I share it."
"But when I'm not at work, I enjoy a glass."