ADAM CHERRY.
I mean I want £4,000 in notes or gold out of you before you leave this house.
MR. BEN DIXON.
£4,000! Do you think, sir, that I'm a travelling bank?
ADAM CHERRY.
I know that you've made arrangements to go straight from this house on an absconding tour to the continent, and it's not unreasonable to suppose that under the circumstances you've got about you all the cash you could scrape together. Anyhow, if I don't have the satisfaction of getting the £4,000 out of you I'll have the satisfaction of handing you over to the police.
MR. BEN DIXON.
(Mounting the high horse.) My good sir, do you know the legal term for what you are doing? "Endeavouring to extort money by threats." Are you aware that that is an indictable offence?
ADAM CHERRY.
(Putting his hands in his pockets.) All right. Indict away.