"Somebody has been bullying old Buffle, I suppose.

After all he has been at the Treasury to-day," said Eames to himself.

But he did not stir till the messenger had been to him, nor even then, at once.

"All right, Rafferty," he said; "I'll go in just now." Then he took half-a-dozen more whiffs from the cigar, threw the remainder into the fire, and opened the door which communicated between his room and Sir Raffle's.
The great man was standing with two unopened epistles in his hand.
"Eames," said he, "here are letters--" Then he stopped himself, and began upon another subject.

"Did I not give express orders that I would have no smoking in the office ?" "I think Mr.Kissing said something about it, sir." "Mr.Kissing! It was not Mr.Kissing at all.