The idea of their daring to accuse a man like Ivor Dundas of murder! They ought to know better.

They'll soon be eating humble-pie, and begging England's pardon for wrongful treatment of a British subject, won't they, Eric ?" "I'm afraid there's no question of jumping at conclusions on the part of the authorities, or of eating humble-pie," Uncle Eric said.

"The evidence--entirely circumstantial so far, luckily--is dead against Ivor.
And as for his being a British subject, there's nothing in that.

If an Englishman chooses to commit a murder in France, he's left to the French law to deal with, as if he were a Frenchman." "But Ivor hasn't committed murder!" cried Aunt Lilian, horrified.
"Of course not.

But he's got to prove that he hasn't.