He tried to avoid him, but Felix was in a desperate plight, and meant to obtain assistance somehow.
"Had any luck?" he asked.
"Yes," replied Warren.
"I'm dead broke; lend me a tenner to try and get a bit back."
"Not a farthing," replied Warren, who moved on, but stopped when he found Felix Hoffman following him, and said, angrily—
"Go away, I will have nothing to do with you."
"You must help me; I have done a lot of dirty work for you."
Warren was losing his temper, and his eyes had an angry gleam in them.
"If you pester me I shall give you in charge; go away."
Still Felix held his ground, and said—