"I saw whom she was with," he remarked.
"Glad you haven't got to ask me, then," said Silly Billy; "because I couldn't have told you."
Jack threw the match into the fireplace.
"Ah! you did mean my wife, then?" he said.
Silly Billy, figuratively speaking, threw up his hand.
"Very neatly done," he said. "You had me there. Now, what do you mean to do?"
"Ask you a question or two first. Now, was that lie of your own invention, or did you get it passed on from another liar?"
"You are using offensive language to me," observed Silly Billy.
"I am. If you prefer to come back to the other room, I will use it there."