Don't make objections! Can you fix the valet?
Or can't you ?" "I can try," said Moody.

"And what then ?" Old Sharon put his gross lips disagreeably close to Moody's ear.
"Your friend the valet can tell you who his master's bankers are," he said; "and he can supply you with a specimen of his master's handwriting." Moody drew back, as suddenly as if his vagabond companion had put a knife to his throat.

"You old villain!" he said.

"Are you tempting me to forgery ?" "You infernal fool!" retorted Old Sharon.

"_Will_ you hold that long tongue of yours, and hear what I have to say.