Monsieur Grisson insists upon it that you leave Paris by the four o'clock train this afternoon." I shook my head.
"I could not catch it," I declared.

"It is half-past three now." "On the other hand, you can and you must," Louis answered.

"I took the liberty of telephoning in your name and ordering the valet to pack your clothes.

Your luggage is in the hall there, and that automobile is waiting to take you to the Gare du Nord." I opened my mouth to protest, but Louis' manner underwent a further change.
"Captain Rotherby," he said, "it is I and my friends who save you, perhaps, from a considerable inconvenience.

Forgive me if I remind you of this, but it is not fitting that you should argue with us on this matter." Louis was right.