“What?”
“I said nothing.”
“Oh, yes. You said so, and you didn’t mean it.”
“I tell you I did not back the horse.”
“But I sent you the last tip—one worth a hundred thousand pounds. I was thinking of sending it to the Marquis, but he’s a mean cuss, and I knew you’d stump up handsome afterwards to the man who helped you. Come—between friends, you know—what did you land?”
“I tell you I did not back the horse.”
“Get along with you! None of your games. Come along, old fellow, let’s have it. What did you pocket?”
“Nothing.”
“Glyddyr, my dear boy, don’t say that you didn’t get the telegram in time.”
“No; I got it in time.”