The whole business must be painful to him, and he won't care to be obliged every day of his life to be staring at something that would remind him of Simpkins.

In the third place, it would almost certainly irritate Simpkins when he heard of it." "It's that," said Doyle, "that we were hoping it might do." "Well, then, you may put the idea out of your heads.

I can't have Simpkins irritated at present.

It's of the utmost possible importance that he should be lulled into a sense of security.

I can't deal with him if his suspicions are aroused in the slightest.