"That prison-van is extraordinarily neat." "I'll prison-van him!" cried Guerchard.

"But what fools I have to work with.

If I could get hold of people of ordinary intelligence it would be impossible to play such a trick as that." "I don't know about that," said the Duke thoughtfully.

"I think it would have required an uncommon fool to discover that trick." "What on earth do you mean?
Why ?" said Guerchard.
"Because it's so wonderfully simple," said the Duke.

"And at the same time it's such infernal cheek." "There's something in that," said Guerchard grumpily.