"It would have been a moral falsehood if I had attempted anything of the sort.

I could not possibly offer the house to Mr.Lynn or anybody else, without disclosing its drawbacks." The auctioneer's face had become redder.

His eyes seemed on the point of coming out of his head.

He became almost incoherent.
"God bless my soul!" he spluttered.

"Have you gone mad, Burton?
What's come to you since the morning?
Have you changed into a blithering fool, or what ?" "I think not, sir," Burton replied, gravely.