He was very set upon not having anything in his house that was not genuine.

Now under any other circumstances, mind you, I should have had my doubts about that suite, but if you can assure me that it came from Dr.Transome's house, why, there's no more to be said about it.

I'm a bidder." Burton shook his head gravely.
"I am sorry," he declared, "but the frontispiece of the catalogue is certainly a little misleading.

To tell you the truth, sir, there are very few articles here from Dr.Transome's house at all.

The bulk of his effects were distributed among relatives.