'To you?'
'Yes, sir, to me. You have said more than enough to Miss Bewicke. Now, perhaps there is something which you would like to say to me, as her affianced husband.'
'There are one or two things which I should like to say to you, but I am inclined to think that I had better not say them to you here. Nor do I quite see my way to ask you to come outside, though I should like to.'
Mr Holland was savage, and unwise enough to show it. Mr Dumville, having polished his eyeglass, replaced it in his eye so that he might scan the speaker with a greater show of dignity.
'What on earth do you mean by talking to me like that? If that's the kind of remark you wish to make the sooner you get away the better.'
'I am quite of your opinion, Mr Dumville. I shall always remember with pleasure that I was able to get away from you.'
Mr Dumville strode forward.
'You be hanged, sir!'
'After you, Mr Dumville, after you.'
'You had better be careful; although I don't want to have a vulgar row with you here.'