“Don’t you?” replied Caliphronas provokingly, as they walked up to the house together. “Well, that remains to be seen. If a man of my capacity”—
“Cunning.”
“Well, cunning if you like. If a man of my cunning cannot circumvent this dull-headed”—
“Cautious.”
“Oh, is he cautious? Well, I will make this cautious Englishman do as I wish. But here we are nearly at the house, and I wait to know on what footing we stand.”
“You are an acquaintance of mine. I met you at Athens. Talk of the best-known Athenians as our mutual friends.”
“And you will say nothing about Melnos?”
“No.”
“Nor about Justinian?”
“No.”