"Birds and foxes."
"You seem to fancy small fry, sir. Did you never hanker after elephants?"
"Never. If I had a Maxim or a Gatling gun I might turn my attention to elephants, but I'm not going to buy one for the purpose."
Mr. Pilgrim looked hard at his guest, but Lord Roker bore the scrutiny impassibly.
"May I ask how you get your dollars?" the American continued.
"I have an income from my father. I don't mind telling you the amount—three thousand a year."
"Dollars?"
"No; pounds sterling."
"That's a tidy figure; but did you never wanter make that three thousand into thirty thousand?"
"I have suggested an increase to my father, but not such a big one as that. I asked him to make it five, but he would not. Some day perhaps he may, but thirty thousand is out of the question."