"No, though I have no doubt you would be very glad to give me a large sum."
"You are quite mistaken. I suspect you are drunk."
"That is where you are mistaken."
"What is your object in coming, then? Is this a friendly call?" asked Hugo, with an evident sneer.
"Well, perhaps it may be so considered; I came to give you a friendly warning."
"A warning?"
"Yes."
"I really can't conceive how I can need any warning from you. What is your warning?"
"I warn you to leave the country as soon as it is in your power."