"I have a conscience, but I am no fool, Mr. Enistor! I have a great mind to tell the world at large how you endeavoured to tempt me!"
"If you do, I shall put forth a counter-slander saying that you came down here to tempt me."
"To tempt you? To tempt you, sir?"
"Why not? If I say that you offered to destroy the last will and substitute the first provided I gave you a large sum of money, who will refuse to believe the statement?"
"Any one who knows me."
"Ah. But the whole world does not know you, Mr. Cane. Your immediate friends may reject the calumny, but the majority of people won't. My word is as good as yours, you know!"
"You will not dare——"
"Oh yes, I shall dare if you dare!"
"Am I dealing with a gentleman or a scoundrel?" asked Cane, appealing to the carved ceiling.
"Pooh! Pooh!" said Enistor cynically. "What is the use of calling names? Why, a gentleman is only a scoundrel who is clever enough not to be found out."