“I do,” Sir Edward said curtly.
“What need is there?” Mr. Pimlico demanded.
“Much need.”
“He said he told you just how matters stand.”
“So he did.”
“I am taking chances by coming here, sir, even in disguise.”
“There would have been no need of your coming, Mr. Pimlico, or whatever your name may be, if you had done what you had agreed to do,” Sir Edward said, quite sternly.
“I have taken all of the steps agreed upon except one—the last step,” Pimlico said, with ominous significance, but with unruffled calmness. “I am in a position to take that final step at any moment. But you have not forgotten, of course, there is another side of the bargain.”
“You mean——”
“The payment of the amount agreed upon,” Pimlico put in firmly.