29/32 It was I.I gave the order myself." "You'll find it began with Mr.Kissing." "It did not begin with Mr.Kissing; it began and ended with me. What are you going to do, sir ?" John Eames had stepped towards the bell, and his hand was already on the bell-pull. I suppose my word may be taken without the papers. Since you're so fond of Mr.Kissing--" "I'm not fond of Mr.Kissing at all." "You'll have to go back to him, and let somebody come here who will not be too independent to obey my orders. Here are two most important letters have been lying here all day, instead of being sent up to me at the Treasury." "Of course they have been lying there. |