"I continued to serve you faithfully. Success or failure lay in your hands, not mine. I never ceased working for the firm."
"Oh, that's easy to say, isn't it?"
"It's the truth."
"It's a lie—and you know it."
"Will you moderate your language?" said Bence. "Gentlemen, I beg your support. This lady must be protected from insult."
But the attention of Marsden and his wife was so entirely concentrated on each other that neither of them seemed to hear the interruption.
"Richard, don't go on like this—don't force me to say unkind things which I shall regret later."
"I knew there was some infernal mystery at the bottom of our troubles. But, by Jove, I never guessed that it was you who'd played false."
"Richard, don't abuse me."