I will answer for it that neither you nor any of your friends are the objects of Mr.Leadsam's suspicion.

Without a doubt, it is I to whom his somewhat bold statement refers." They all stared at him, immersed in another crisis, bereft of speech.

He tapped a cigarette upon the counter and lit it.

Fairfax, whose glass had just been refilled by the bartender, was still ghastly pale, shaking with nervousness and breathing hoarsely.

Francis, tense and alert in his chair, watched the speaker but said nothing.
"You see," Sir Timothy continued, addressing himself to the four young men at the bar, "I happen to have two special aversions in life.