“You wanted my verdict on the rights of the case between you and Mr. Garstin. That isn’t my affair. You must fight it out between you. But I should seriously advise you not to take too long over the quarrel. You said just now that the English climate was awful. Get out of it as soon as you can.”
“Get out of it! What is it to you whether I stay or go?”
“I’m afraid if you delay here much longer you may be sorry for it.”
“Who are you?” said Arabian fiercely.
“I’m a friend of Miss Van Tuyn.”
“What has that to do with me? Why do you try to interfere with me?”
“Miss Van Tuyn—I saw her this morning—wishes me to see to it that you leave her alone, get out of her life.”
“Are you her father, a relation?”
“No.”
“Then what have you to do with it? You—you impertinent old man!”