"Savoy here--on the wall!" he hiccoughed.

"And we on guard!" "It is so!" Claude urged.

"Believe me, it is so! And we must be wary." "You lie, young man! And I'll--hic--I'll prove it! See here! Savoy on the wall, indeed! Savoy?
And we on guard ?" He lurched in two strides to the outer door, seized it, and supported himself by it.

Claude leant forward to stop him, but could not reach, being on the other side of the table.

He called to the other to do so.
"Stop him!" he said.