I can assure you, Mr .-- Mr.Burton, that I never listened to anything so amazing.

If any one else except my old friend here had told me of it, I should have laughed.

I should have dismissed the whole thing at once as incredible and preposterous.

Even now, I must admit that I find it almost impossible to accept the story in its entirety." Burton looked him coldly in the eyes.

Mr.Bomford did not please him.
"The story is perfectly true," he said.