I came here, to Mr.Van Torp's rooms in the Temple, before going to dinner, because I wished to see him about a matter of business, in what is a place of business.

It's all ridiculous nonsense to talk about having caught me--and worse.

That money is for a charity, and I am going to take it before your eyes, and thank Mr.Van Torp for being so splendidly generous.

Now go, and take those persons with you, and let me hear no more of this!' Thereupon Lady Maud came forward from the mantelpiece and deliberately took from the table the envelope which contained four thousand one hundred pounds in new Bank of England notes; and she put it into the bosom of her gown, and smiled pleasantly at her husband.
Mr.Van Torp watched her with genuine admiration, and when she looked at him and nodded her thanks again, he unconsciously smiled too, and answered by a nod of approval.
The fair-haired foreign gentleman turned to his two ex-policemen with considerable dignity.
'You have heard and seen,' he said impressively.

'I shall expect you to remember all this when you are in the witness-box.