"Personally, I call war profiteering criminal, I call a good many Stock Exchange deals criminal, and," he added, turning to a member of the committee who was hovering in the background, "I call it criminal to expect us to drink French vermouth like this." "There is another point of view," the latter retorted.

"I call it a crime to expect a body of intelligent men to administer without emolument to the greed of such a crowd of rotters.

You'll get the right stuff next week." The hall-porter approached and addressed Wilmore.
"Mr.Ledsam is outside in a taxi, sir," he announced.
"Outside in a taxi ?" the lawyer repeated.

"Why on earth can't he come in ?" "I never heard such rot," another declared.

"Let's go and rope him in." "Mr.Ledsam desired me to say, sir," the hall porter continued, "to any of his friends who might be here, that he will be in to lunch to-morrow." "Leave him to me till then," Wilmore begged.