He looked angry; he looked baffled; and yet he looked incredulous.

"Now, come," said he, "if you are not Keswick, what did you pay me that money for ?" "I paid it to you," said Lawrence, "because I wanted to find out what dirty business you were doing in my name.

I have had the worth of my money, and you can now go." The man did not go, but stood gazing at Lawrence in a very peculiar way.
"If Mr Keswick isn't here," he said, "I believe you are here waiting for him, and I am going to stay and warn him.

People don't set private detectives on other men's tracks just for friendly motives." Lawrence's face flushed and he made a step forward, but suddenly checking himself, he looked at the man for a moment and then said: "I suppose you want me to understand that if I become one of your subscribers in my own name, you will be willing to withhold the information you intended to give Mr Keswick." "Well," said the man, relapsing into his former confidential tones, "business is business.

If I could see Mr Keswick, I don't know whether he would employ me or not.