Since you are here, sit down, won't you ?" "No, thanks," said he, turning to go.
"The maid locked the door on us!" said I, and before the words were out of my mouth three of the Arabs slipped into the outer room.

There was no hint or display of weapons of any kind, but they were big men, and the folds of their garments were sufficiently voluminous to have hidden a dozen guns apiece.
"She'll open it!" said Will, with inflection that a fool could understand.
"One minute, please!" said Lady Saffren Waldon.

(It was no poor imitation of Queen Elizabeth ordering courtiers about.) "We didn't come to talk," said Will.

"Heard screams.

Made a mistake.
Sorry.