Yet Festing admitted that he had charm.
"You don't look happy," he remarked.
"I don't feel particularly happy," Charnock replied.

"In fact, the reckoning I've just made looks very like a notice to quit." He threw Festing a paper and swept the others into a drawer.

"You might examine the calculations and see if they're right.

I'm not fond of figures." "That was obvious long since.

However, if you'll keep quiet for a few minutes----" Festing studied the paper, which contained a rough statement of Charnock's affairs.