But I am shaping up my theory about that! I am shaping it up!" "Would it be indescreet to inquire just what your theory is ?" asked Cleggett.
And Lady Agatha murmured: "For my part, I can make nothing of it, and I should be glad to hear your theory." "It would," said Wilton Barnstable, soberly, "it would be premature, if I told you my theory at the present moment.

You must pardon me--but it WOULD.

In my line of business--and I insist, Mr.Cleggett, that I am a plain business man, nothing more--I find it absolutely necessary not to communicate all my information to the layman until the case is quite perfect in all its points.

But do not get the notion, Mr.Cleggett, that I underestimate the part that you have taken in the case of Logan Black.

You have helped me, Mr.Cleggett.