Macinnery proposes to make things rather uncomfortable, I imagine.
Alec.
[With a smile.] I made a mistake, didn't I? I ought to have dropped him in the river when I had no further use for him.
Dick.
What are you going to do?
Alec.
It's not easy to clear myself at a dead man's expense. The earth covers his crime and his sins and his weakness.
Dick.
D'you mean to say that you are going to sit still and let them throw mud at you?
Alec.