And perhaps," observing him from the corner of my eye, "it is because you smoke such vile tobacco." Remembering the incident in the railway carriage, he smiled in spite of the gravity of the situation.
"It was the best I had," he said; "and then, it was done in self-defence.

I'll give you credit for being a fearless individual.
But you haven't answered my question." "What question ?" "Why you returned to this country when you were expressly forbidden to do so." "I answered that," said I.

"And now let me tell you that you may go on asking questions till the crack of doom, but no answer will I give you till you have told me why I am here, I, who do not know you or what your business is, or what I am supposed to have done." He began to look doubtful.

He thumped the table with the butt of the pistol.
"Do you persist in affirming that your name is Winthrop ?" "These gardens are very fine.

I could see them better," said I, "if the window was larger." "Perhaps," he cried impatiently, "you do not know where she is ?" "She ?" I looked him over carefully.