"Do not give them up.

Into my hands only, remember that." The telephone bell rang suddenly at his elbow.

Phineas Duge took off the receiver and held it to his ear.

The quiet, measured voice of Stephen Weiss came travelling along the wire.
"Say, Duge, I am half inclined to think we made a mistake in signing that paper," he said.

"Of course, I know it's safe in your keeping, but I don't fancy my name standing written on a document that means quite what that means.