Did I, or did I not ?' 'No,' muttered he, turning away.
'Speak up, sir; they can't hear you.

Did I grant your request?
'You did not.' 'No, I'll be sworn she didn't,' said Hattersley, 'or he'd never look so black.' 'I'm willing to grant you the satisfaction of a gentleman, Huntingdon,' said Mr.Hargrave, calmly addressing his host, but with a bitter sneer upon his countenance.
'Go to the deuce!' replied the latter, with an impatient jerk of the head.

Hargrave withdrew with a look of cold disdain, saying,--'You know where to find me, should you feel disposed to send a friend.' Muttered oaths and curses were all the answer this intimation obtained.
'Now, Huntingdon, you see!' said Hattersley.

'Clear as the day.' 'I don't care what he sees,' said I, 'or what he imagines; but you, Mr.
Hattersley, when you hear my name belied and slandered, will you defend it ?' 'I will.' I instantly departed and shut myself into the library.

What could possess me to make such a request of such a man I cannot tell; but drowning men catch at straws: they had driven me desperate between them; I hardly knew what I said.