Now why not let it go at that ?" "See here, young feller, I--" "No; you see here.

I'm not an Old Sleuth; I haven't any ambitions that way.

I don't know anything about you--what you've been, what you've done--" "Done!" Seth leaned across the table so suddenly that he upset his chair.

"Done ?" he cried; "what do you mean by that?
Who said I'd done anything?
It's a lie." "What is a lie ?" "Why--why--er--whatever they said!" "Who said ?" "Why, the ones that--that said what you said they said." "I didn't say anyone had said anything." "Then what do you mean by--by hintin'?
Hey?
What do you mean by it ?" He brandished a clenched fist over the breakfast dishes.

Brown leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
"Call me when the patient recovers his senses," he drawled wearily.
"This delirium is painful to a sensitive nature." Atkins's fist wavered in mid-air, opened, and was drawn across its owner's forehead.
"Well, by jiminy!" exclaimed the lightkeeper with emphasis, "this is--is--.