"Yes."
"You might tell me the kind of things they say, Miss Belsize!"
"But if there's no truth in them?"
"I'll soon tell you if there is or not."
"But suppose I don't care either way?" said Miss Belsize with a brilliant smile.
"Then I care so much that I should be extremely grateful to you."
"Mind, I don't believe it myself, Mr. Manders."
"You don't believe—"
"That Mr. Raffles lives by his wits and—his cricket!"
I jumped to my feet.