Hewasthereatthatmoment。Theservantopenedthedoor，andannounced——“Mr。Delamayn。“
Externallyspeaking，therisingsolicitor，whowasgoingtotryhisluckattheBar，lookedlikeamanwhowasgoingtosucceed。
Hishard，hairlessface，hiswatchfulgrayeyes，histhin，resolutelips，saidplainly，insomanywords，“Imeantogetonintheworld；and，ifyouareinmyway，Imeantogetonatyourexpense。“Mr。Delamaynwashabituallypolitetoeverybody——buthehadneverbeenknowntosayoneunnecessarywordtohisdearestfriend。Amanofrareability；amanofunblemishedhonorasthecodeoftheworldgoes；butnotamantobetakenfamiliarlybythehand。Youwouldneverhaveborrowedmoneyofhim——butyouwouldhavetrustedhimwithuntoldgold。Involvedinprivateandpersonaltroubles，youwouldhavehesitatedataskinghimtohelpyou。Involvedinpublicandproducibletroubles，youwouldhavesaid，Hereismyman。Suretopushhisway——nobodycouldlookathimanddoubtit——suretopushhisway。
“Kendrewisanoldfriendofmine，“saidMr。Vanborough，addressinghimselftothelawyer。“Whateveryouhavetosayto_me_youmaysaybefore_him。_Willyouhavesomewine？“
“No——thankyou。“