I fancy you yourself will say so when you hear the evidence I have to offer.

It is not as if we are destitute.

We are prepared to pay you well for your services, but we must have the very best that England can supply." My readers must remember that this conversation was being carried on at the corner of Ludgate Hill and the Old Bailey.

Curious glances were being thrown at my companions by passers-by, and so vehement were the taller man's utterances becoming, that a small crowd was gradually collecting in our neighbourhood.
"Very well," I said, "if you are really desirous of consulting me, I shall be very glad to see you at my office at ten o'clock to-morrow morning.

I must ask you, however, not to be late, as I have several other appointments." "We shall not be late," the man answered, "you may rely upon that.