I don't think the Biggles people were dishonest--" "You don't _think_ so!" interrupted Will, contemptuously.

"If there's any doubt we know on which side it weighs.

Just tell me the facts.

What was the security ?" Sherwood replied with a brief, clear, and obviously honest account of the speculation into which he had been drawn.

To the listener it seemed astounding that any responsible man should be lured by such gambler's chance; he could hardly find patience to point out the manifest risks so desperately incurred.