I will make them, and you will accept them.

Otherwise you will not arrest me." "It's no use for you to talk like that," said Badger.

"If you don't let me in I shall have to break in.

And I may as well tell you," he added mendaciously, "that the house is surrounded." "You may accept my assurance," Mr.Jellicoe replied calmly, "that you will not arrest me if you do not accept my conditions." "Well, what are your conditions ?" demanded Badger impatiently.
"I desire to make a statement," said Mr.Jellicoe.
"You can do that, but I must caution you that anything you say may be used in evidence against you." "Naturally.

But I wish to make the statement in the presence of Doctor Thorndyke, and I desire to hear a statement from him of the method of investigation by which he discovered the whereabouts of the body.