Coke told me about Bulmer--warned me off, so to speak.

I forgot his claims at odd times, just for a minute or so, but he is a real bugbear--a sort of matrimonial bogey-man.

If all goes well, and we enter Pernambuco without being fired at, you will be handed over to the British Consul, and he will send a rousing telegram about you to England.

Bulmer, of course, will cause a rare stir at home.

Who wouldn't?
No wonder you are scared! It seems to me that there is only one safe line of action left open." Iris did not respond to his raillery.