Here was a direct attack on his dignity, and he was not disposed to put up with it.

"I never talk nonsense," he answered sharply.
"You do," Madame Fontaine rejoined, just as sharply on her side.

"Mr.
Keller fell ill, as anyone else might fall ill.

Nobody poisoned him." Jack got on his legs.

For the moment he actually forgot the cake.
"Nobody ?" he repeated.