No, if you were to offer me a million for a single interview I should say no! It's over between us; I've got other fish to fry there! So be off or I shan't answer for the consequences.

I shall do something dreadful!" She advanced threateningly toward him, and while she was raving, as became a good courtesan who, though driven to desperation, was yet firmly convinced of her rights and her superiority over tiresome, honest folks, the door opened suddenly and Steiner presented himself.

That proved the finishing touch.

She shrieked aloud: "Well, I never.

Here's the other one!" Bewildered by her piercing outcry, Steiner stopped short.