“Very well, but insist on full letter; confidence in oath much shaken; wires most shifty; gross neglect of crab, grandmother and scorpion.—Sagittarius.”
“Homo miserum sed magnum est veritatus et praevalebetur.—Madame Sagittarius.”
CHAPTER XI
MISS MINERVA OPENS HER BOOK OF REVELATION IN A CAB
“Assure the Lord Chancellor that the last boy has been and gone—gone away, that is, Mr. Ferdinand, and that I pledge my sacred word not to have another telegram to-day.”
“Yes, sir. His lordship desired that you should be informed that, according to the law regulating public abominations and intolerable street noises, you was liable to—”
“I know, I know.”
“And that, by the Act dealing with gross offences against the public order and scandalous crimes against the peace of metropolitan communities, you was amenable—”
“Exactly. Go to his lordship and swear—”