"No, for it would be no good."
"Brace up, boy! There is no occasion to look as if you were going to a funeral."
"Give me back the bonds and I will look lively enough."
"Come now, don't be foolish. These bonds don't belong to you."
"They were given into my care."
"Very well! You took as good care of them as you could."
"I shall be held responsible for them."
"No, you won't. I shall send your employers a letter, letting them know that you did the best you could to keep them out of my hands. But perhaps they never heard of me," and he laughed.
"If your name is Fox, they have heard of you."
"There is no need to beat about the bush. My name is Fox--James Fox."