What is it ?" Mr.Mool's professional tact warned him to waste no time on prefatory phrases.
"I venture on my present intrusion," he began, "in consequence of a statement recently made to me, in my office, by Mrs.Gallilee." "Stop!" cried Benjulia.

"I don't like your beginning, I can tell you.
Is it necessary to mention the name of that old-- ?" He used a word, described in dictionaries as having a twofold meaning.

(First, "A female of the canine kind." Second, "A term of reproach for a woman.") It shocked Mr.Mool; and it is therefore unfit to be reported.
"Really, Doctor Benjulia!" "Does that mean that you positively must talk about her ?" Mr.Mool smiled.

"Let us say that it may bear that meaning," he answered.
"Go on, then--and get it over.

She made a statement in your office.