I meant, perhaps, to disable that man who has just left.

If you knew his history and mine, you would not wonder at it.

But I meant to see that he was safely removed." "Then why did you bring me down into that room," I asked, "under a false pretence?
Why did you use that murderous cane of mine for your crime?
Why did you insist upon it that I should be seen dining with the girl--God knows who she is!--who is in that room ?" "I can explain everything," Louis said.

"I am confused! I cannot help it--you came so unexpectedly!" "Unexpectedly indeed," I answered, "because I poured your whiskey and soda out of the window, and because I took an antidote to your coffee!" "You speak of things which I do not understand," Louis declared.
"Oh! tell me no more lies!" I exclaimed.

"Listen! You see I have you by the collar, and I have my cane.