Only you earn the money and--" "And you will be too glad to give it to me.

Very good.

Now go home.
Comfort the young lady--don't let Mr.Davager so much as set eyes on you--keep quiet--leave everything to me--and feel as certain as you please that all the letters in the world can't stop your being married on Wednesday." With these words I hustled him off out of the office, for I wanted to be left alone to make my mind up about what I should do.
The first thing, of course, was to have a look at the enemy.

I wrote to Mr.Davager, telling him that I was privately appointed to arrange the little business matter between himself and "another party" (no names!) on friendly terms; and begging him to call on me at his earliest convenience.

At the very beginning of the case, Mr.Davager bothered me.