I don't ask you to say anything untrue. After all, it's not worth while for a man of the world like you—a business man—to give way to petty spite. And we don't want to have any scandal. That would be just as unpleasant for you as for us.
James.
[Undecided.] There's no denying that she was hysterical. If he'd only treated me like a gentleman, I shouldn't have had anything to say.
John.
Well?
James.
[With a foxy, keen glance at John.] Make it two 'undred, and I'll say done.
John.
[Firmly.] No. You can take a hundred and fifty, or go to the devil.
James.