"Did you hear what Dr. Heath said?"
"I did."
"You heard it distinctly?"
"Quite."
"Ah!" smiling triumphantly. "Then you can give us his words?"
"Not verbatim."
"Give us his meaning, then."
"His meaning, as nearly as I could understand it, was this: He would allow no man to insult him or to meddle with his affairs, and he finished with something like this: 'Keep my name off your lips, wherever you are, if you want whole bones in your skin.'"
"He said that?"
"Well, something like that; I may have put it too strong."