'Stop! Look here, my lord, don't you do anything in a hurry. You first of all listen to me!'
'See that some one is ready to fetch a constable the moment I ring; two of you remain within call.'
The man withdrew. Mr. Acrodato evidently did not relish my parting injunction.
'We don't want to have any confounded servants listening to what we have to say.'
'Corroboration, Mr. Fraser----'
'Don't call me out of my name.'
'Corroboration, Mr. Fraser, is sometimes useful--you will have to be quick if you wish to say anything before I ring the bell.'
'Look here. Of course I know you're only bluffing me, but I don't wish to make myself disagreeable. You give me those papers you've been talking about and my capital, and five per cent, interest, and you shall have the bill.'
'Mr. Fraser----'
'I wish you wouldn't call me by that name. What's the good of it?'