He then looked into the connecting bedroom, closed and fastened the door and extended himself in an easy-chair.
"Sit opposite to me, my friend," he said.

"We will talk together." Dominey obeyed a little sullenly.

His companion, however, ignored his demeanour.
"Now, my friend," he said, beating upon the palm of one hand with the forefinger of his other, "I am a man of commerce and I do things in a business way.

Let us take stock of our position.

Three months ago this very week, we met by appointment at a certain hotel in Cape Town." "Only three months," Dominey muttered.
"We were unknown to one another," Seaman continued.