Hale was far too intimate with Maraquito to please the young man.

And Maraquito's attentions were far too pressing to make Cuthbert feel comfortable in her presence.
"Well, Mr.Hale," said Mallow coldly, "why have you come ?" The lawyer, who was in an evening suit and dressed with taste and care, took a seat, although not invited to do so.

He looked cold and calm, but there was an excited gleam in his large eyes which showed that his calmness masked some emotion, the cause of which Cuthbert could not fathom.

"I have come to see you about young Saxon," he said.
"Really," answered Mallow coolly, although surprised, "what can you have to say to me about him." "He is your friend--" "Pardon me.

I can hardly call him so.