"He has been sitting here all the time." "Ah, it was what he said!" said Syme darkly.
"I said nothing at all," said the Marquis, "except something about the band.

I only said that I liked Wagner played well." "It was an allusion to my family," said Syme firmly.

"My aunt played Wagner badly.

It was a painful subject.

We are always being insulted about it." "This seems most extraordinary," said the gentleman who was decore, looking doubtfully at the Marquis.
"Oh, I assure you," said Syme earnestly, "the whole of your conversation was simply packed with sinister allusions to my aunt's weaknesses." "This is nonsense!" said the second gentleman.