Of course, I was not afraid of that man in the dining-room; but should I have been justified in engaging in a struggle, perhaps for dear life, in Mrs Roper's house?
I was bound to think of her interests.

So I took up my hat, and deliberately walked out of the front door.

"Tell him," said I to Jemima, "that I'm not at home." And so I went away direct to Fisher's, meaning to send him back to Lupex as my friend; but Fisher was at his chess-club.
As I thought there was no time to be lost on such an occasion as this, I went down to the club and called him out.

You know what a cool fellow Fisher is.

I don't suppose anything would ever excite him.