I say--" "Either you say that Miss King isn't his niece or you say that he wouldn't try her for murder.

You must be saying one or the other, though you don't express yourself very distinctly, because there's nothing else you could say." "I don't, of course, agree with you," said the Major, after a pause.
"In fact, I think you're talking downright nonsense, but I'm not going to argue with you.

I'm--" "I wish you'd always take up that attitude," said Meldon.

"Your arguments waste a lot of time." "I'm just going to ask you one question.

Supposing Miss King is Mrs.
Lorimer--" "She is.