You know his peculiar views with regard to tobacco.

If he has been prowling around among opium dens in the East End all the evening, I'm sorry for him.

But he'll turn up all right in the morning, looking like a skinned weasel.

By the way, it'll interest you to hear that we have cleared up one minor issue.

You remember that Ann Rogers, Mrs.Lester's maid, was called away by a telegram saying that her father was ill ?" "Yes." "The old fellow, who is a bit of a sponge, admits that he was given two pounds by 'a foreign gentleman' for sending that telegram and shamming illness during the night.