“Well, sir,” and Smith shifted from one foot to the other, “I thought it best to let him know the truth, sir.”
“Good gracious, Smith, he is not going to handcuff me. You did quite right. What did he say?”
“Nothing, sir; except that he would call again. He wouldn’t leave his name, but I know’d him all right.”
“Thank you. Good-night. It was unnecessary that you should have remained up. But I am obliged to you all the same.”
The barrister laughed as he went to his room. “Really,” he said to himself, still highly amused, “White will cap all his previous feats by trying to arrest me. I suspect he has thought of it for a long time.”
And Mr. White had thought of it.