One did not pay a high rent for nothing.

By and by Bell looked at Hayes, who stood by the hearth.
"The next time I come to Tarnside Mr.Osborn will wait for me," he remarked.
Hayes made a warning gesture, there were steps in the passage, and Osborn came in.

He sat down at the end of the table and looked at his watch.
"I can give you about a quarter of an hour," he said.

"Perhaps we had better begin." The big room was nearly dark, but the men sat in the light a shaded lamp threw across the table.

Osborn looked half bored and half impatient, Hayes was urbanely inscrutable, while Bell's mean face was marked by greed.
"Mr.Bell finds his stock of coal accumulating faster than he likes," said Hayes.