"That's better.

Now I know your attitude, we can talk like friends.

Better come to the small smoking-room.

They've got a '51 brandy here which is beyond words.
Have some for a liqueur." In the smoking-room Gribton fussed about coffee and cigars for many minutes ere he settled down.

Then, when he could gaze around and see his two guests in deep armchairs, each smoking and comfortable, he returned to his business.
"I don't mind telling you a secret," he said, "or rather it's only a secret here, for once you get out there you will find 'Gribton's view,' as they call it, well enough known and very much laughed at.