"Pardon, monsieur: your sister ees too beesy now to telephone you 'erself. She have ask' me to geev you a message."
"Monsieur is most amiable," Lanyard replied in French. "What is the message, please?"
"Prenez garde."
"What do you say?"
"Bon soir, monsieur."
"Hello! hello!"
But Lanyard worried the hook in vain: the other had hung up, the wire was closed. . . .
Prenez garde—take care!