"Mr.Ripley is my father's friend, and his lawyer, too.

Mr.Ripley will go to your editor, and let him know what is going to happen if that scurrilous sheet-----" Here Bert checked himself, for Dick had begun to smile coldly.
"Confound you!" roared Bert Dodge.

He leaped forward, intent on striking the young junior down.

But Officer Hemingway pushed Dodge back forcefully.
"Come, come, now, Dodge, we won't have any of that," warned the officer.

"And, if you want my opinion, you're not playing the part of a gentleman just now.