Can you ascertain for certain ?" "But why ?" "Because I wish to go in there.

And that brings me to the favor I seek.
The secretary of these flats, even the hall porter, should have a master key.

Borrow it on some pretext.

They will give it to you." "Really, Mr.Forbes--" gasped Theydon, voicing his surprise as a preliminary to a decided refusal.

He was interrupted by the insistent clang of the telephone--that curt herald which brooks no delay in answering its demand for an audience.
"Pardon me one moment," he said.