The words nearly stuck in my throat and I was obliged to lie down for an hour afterwards." Burton drew a little breath of relief.
"I wish I'd asked you about this before," he declared.

"I should have enjoyed my luncheon better." Mr.Waddington coughed.
"The beans," he remarked, "are in my possession.

There are only eleven of them and I have not yet made up my mind exactly what to do with them." "Mr.Waddington," Burton said impressively, "have you forgotten that I am a married man ?" Mr.Waddington started.
"God bless my soul!" he exclaimed.

"I had forgotten that! "A wife and one little boy," Burton continued.

"We were living at Garden Green in a small plastered edifice called Clematis Villa.