"What do you wish to tell me?"
"I don't wish to tell you at all," said Sigsbee frankly. "But I promised Molly I would. She came in a moment ago."
"Well?"
"I was in the library. She found me there and told me this."
"Do kindly get to the point, Sigsbee!"
"I promised her I would break it gently."
"Break what gently? You are driving me mad."
"Do you remember," asked Sigsbee, "a splendid young Westerner named Pinch who dropped in to dinner the night before last? A fine, breezy...."
"I am not likely to forget the person you mention. I have given strict instructions that he is never again to be admitted to the house."
"Well, this splendid young Pinch...."