"The Tower part ?" "Aye, surely!" he answered.

"If you could get quietly to it--" I gave his arm a grip that might have told him volumes.
"I'll see you privately tomorrow, Scott," I said.

"And if your news is any good--man! there'll be your ten pound in your hand as soon as I set eyes on you!" And therewith I darted away from him and headlong into our house doorway..