“You lie!”
“I did lie, but not now. You pass on about your business.”
“It isn’t my own business any longer—I have put you wise to it.”
“But I’m forgetting it. I have plenty else on my mind.”
“You don’t get past with that kind of bluff,” he sneered. “You intend to beat me to it, but you can’t.”
“Look here, I’m coming across square with you,” I protested. “You came and jammed a lot of information on to me. I didn’t ask for it.”
“I say you coaxed it out of me. Now you’ve got to come in and give me law on a decent lay. If you don’t I’ll do you!”
“I’m not a lawyer.”
“I know better! You’re tied up with me—you’ve got to stick to me.”
“But I have important matters which will take all my time.”