Come on, now; don't keep me waiting any longer." "Mum's th' word ?"--tantalizingly.
"You ought to know that by this time"-- aggrieved.
Haggerty tossed the bunch of keys on the table.
"Ha! Good specimens, these," Forbes declared, handling them.

"Here's a window-opener." "Good boy!" said Haggerty, as a teacher would have commended a bright pupil.
"And a door-chain lifter.

Nothing lacking.

Did he hit you with these ?" "Ye-up." "What are these regular keys for ?" "One o' them unlocks a door." Haggerty smoked luxuriously.
Forbes eyed the ordinary keys with more interest than the burglarious ones.

Haggerty was presently astonished to see the artist produce his own key-ring.
"What now ?" "When Crawford went abroad he left a key with me.