"I can easily carry the case in my breast pocket." "Pray put it there at once, and guard it as you would guard the life and honour of a woman," said the Foreign Secretary solemnly.

"Now, I, must go and look for my wife.

It's better that you and I shouldn't be seen together.

One never knows who may have got in among the guests at a crush like this.

I will go out at one door, and when you've waited for a few minutes, you can go, by way of another." A moment later there was silence in the room, and I knew that Ivor was alone.