"Yes, so I heard," said Mr. Harvey, who had heard nothing of the kind and who, not for an instant, had expected to tumble on a fierce-talking member. "I heard his name too. It's—er——"
"Lennox," the captain put in.
"Lennox, yes, that's it, and just to see how my account tallies with yours, what did he say?"
"He said he'd do for him. I could have laughed."
"It was funny, I laughed myself, and about a woman, wasn't it?"
"I don't know. But he was engaged to be married. I saw it in the papers."
"And this young Paliser butted in?"
"I couldn't say. But he threw up his business and sat around and last night he was going to do for him."
"At the opera?"
"He was talking random-like. He had just had a B. and S. I didn't hear anything about the opera. He wasn't got up for it. Just a business suit. But, Lord bless you, he didn't do it. He isn't that kind. Nice, free-handed feller."