“How dare you answer me like that?”
“Well, it's the truth. They are under your nose.”
“Did you give Thorneycroft's man my message?”
“Yes.”
“What did he answer?”
“Said you were a liar.”
“Oh, he did, did he! What did you reply?”
“Asked him to tell me something I didn't know.”
“Thought that clever, didn't you?”
“Not bad.”