Fancy his having the impudence to ask such a question!
"Thank you; they are all quite well. I want my mother's will--and father's jewels--and the securities which were in the brown despatch-box."
"You do, do you? Are they missing?"
"You know very well that they are missing--since you took them."
"Took them, did I? Odd what things one sometimes does by accident."
"It was no accident, as you are perfectly aware. Will you give them to me, please, as I am in a hurry?"
"Give them to you? Do you expect me to hand them over now--at once?"
"Most certainly. I don't intend to leave until I have them."
"Suppose I leave?"
"Then I shall follow you until we come to a policeman, to whom I shall give you in charge."