Hear me.' 'Sir,' said Mr.Winkle, trembling from head to foot, 'before I consent to sit down beside, or opposite you, without the presence of a waiter, I must be secured by some further understanding.

You used a threat against me last night, Sir, a dreadful threat, Sir.' Here Mr.Winkle turned very pale indeed, and stopped short.
'I did,' said Dowler, with a countenance almost as white as Mr.
Winkle's.

'Circumstances were suspicious.

They have been explained.
I respect your bravery.

Your feeling is upright.