“You don't? Then you've taken it without leave.”

“Oh, the owner won't object to my using it,” said Herbert, with a queer smile.

“How do you know?”

“He's an intimate friend of mine.”

“The owner?”

“Yes.”

“I suppose it belongs to Mr. Cameron, then?”

“He bought it.”

“Do you call him your intimate friend? He'd be proud if he heard it,” said James, with a sneer.

“Would he?” said Herbert.