"Won't you stay and take some whisky and water with us ?" "Thank you," said Peter.

"Mr.Costell's in my room and he must be tired of waiting." He closed the door, and walked away.
The couple looked at each other blankly for a moment.
"The -- -- cuss is playing a double game," Maguire gasped.
"I don't know what it means!" said Kennedy.
"Mean ?" cried Maguire.

"It can mean only one thing.

He's acting under Costell's orders." "But why should he give it away to us ?" "How the -- -- should I know?
Look here, Kennedy, you must do it, after all." "I don't want to." "Tut, tut, man, you must." "But my ward ?" "Come.

We'll make it quarantine, as you want.