"Have you an appointment, Cæsar?"
"No. What were you saying, Jonathan?"
"You look rather queer to-night."
"Do I?" He laughed nervously.
"You're not bothering over that debt?"
This time Cæsar laughed naturally.
"Rather not. Why, that debt——" He stopped.
"Is it paid?" said John.
"It will be. Don't worry!"
But John looked worried. He perceived that Cæsar's finely-formed hands were trembling, whenever they were still.