If I can't, then throw me out.

I tell you I'm your friend--Max Ingolby is your friend." "Spy! Spy! Spy!" cried a new voice.
It came from behind the bar.

An instant after, the owner of the voice leaped up on the counter.

It was Felix Marchand.

He had entered by the door behind the bar into Barbazon's office.
"When I was in India," Marchand cried, "I found a snake in the bed.
I killed it before it stung me.