Souspennier naturalised Englishman." Mr.Mace sprang to his feet with an oath.

He threw aside the curtain which shielded the room from the larger apartment.
"Horser, come here, you damned fool!" Horser, with a stream of magnificent invectives, obeyed the summons.

His host pointed to the message.
"Read that!" Mr.Horser read and his face grew even more repulsive.

A dull purple flush suffused his cheeks, his eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on his forehead stood out like cords.

He leaned for several moments against the table and steadily cursed Mr.Sabin, the government at Washington, and something under his breath which he did not dare to name openly.
"Oh, shut up!" his host said at last.