"I take it, Mrs. Tennant, that you don't quite realise the position in which your husband stands."
"And I take it that you don't at all realise the position in which you stand."
The fellow ceased brushing his hat, the better to enable him to stare.
"I stand?"
"Yes, you."
"And pray, madam, how do I stand?"
"Have you ever heard of such a thing as an accessory after the fact?"
"An accessory after the fact?"
"Because that is the position in which you stand--in the position of an accessory after the fact."
The man looked unmistakably uneasy. He continued to suspend the operation of smoothing his hat.