"Waltz steps. They're going to have a dance after the show, you know.
You ought to be in that."
"You wish me, in fact, to become a silent accomplice? To refrain from mentioning this little matter?"
"You put things so well."
"And do you propose to keep my wife's jewels, or may I have them?"
"Oh, you may have those," said Jimmy.
"Thank you."
"I never touch paste."
Sir Thomas failed to see the significance of this remark. Jimmy repeated it, with emphasis.
"I never touch paste," he said, "and Lady Blunt's necklace is, I regret to say, made of that material."
Sir Thomas grew purple.