“Yes, I did.”
“Mr. Hemster mentioned my name to you?”
“Yes, he did.”
“Did you tell him anything of our former dealings?”
“No, I did not.”
“He does know you lost half a million in the States a while since?”
“Oh, yes, he knows that, but he doesn’t know you’re the man who got it.”
“Hang it all, Tremorne; don’t put it that way. I’m not the man who got it; I lost money as well as you did.”
“Oh, I beg your pardon; I thought we were talking frankly and honestly to each other. Well, be that as it may, Mr. Hemster knows I lost the money, but he doesn’t know you’re the man who was so unfortunate as to be in the business with me.”