He gave a startled look round; he didn't seem to relish the notion that I might be audible on the other side of the square.
'Don't speak so loud.'
'I make it a rule to reply in the tone in which I am addressed; the pitch, therefore, depends on you. I was about to observe, when you interrupted me, that I have only one remark to make, Mr. Fraser, with reference to the matter on which you have touched. You have been completely misinformed with regard to the authenticity of the signature which is attached to the document in question.'
'Well! You always were a bit of a liar, but that takes the biscuit! Do you mean to say your father's name on that bill isn't a forgery?'
'I do.'
'When you ran for it because he said it was?'
'I had no wish to create a scandal by impugning my father's veracity.'
'You used to have a face before you went; but I never saw anything like the one you seem to have come back with. I don't want to be hard on you, although you treated me so bad. You've got the money now, and I'm willing to let bygones be bygones. Hand over my capital and decent interest and I'll say no more about it.'
'I don't intend to give you a penny.'
'What's that you say?'