I only said one word: "Italians."

He swore a round oath, and looked at us, from one to the other.

"Mr. Cassilis knows all that I know," said my wife.

"What I want to know," he broke out, "is where the devil Mr.

Cassilis comes from, and what the devil Mr. Cassilis is doing here.

You say you are married; that I do not believe. If you were,

Graden Floe would soon divorce you; four minutes and a half,

Cassilis. I keep my private cemetery for my friends."