"Very decent of you.

And that point being established, I will explain further, that I am not here of my own free will.

I am only an agent.

No man in his senses would come to Farlingford in mid-winter unless--" he broke off, with a sharp sigh, and glanced down at Miriam's slipper resting on the fender, "unless he was much younger than I am.

I came because I was paid to do it.