Otherwise, you mustn't blame me for saying that I hold him entirely equal in respectability, and in some important points his superior." "Really, sir, your language is most extraordinary." At this moment there was an interruption.

Godfrey had been listening at the keyhole, but finding that difficult, had opened the door slightly, but in his interest managed to stumble against it.

The door flew open, and he fell forward upon his knees on the carpet of the sitting-room..