TheybothappearedtoderivealargeramountofsatisfactionfromthecautiouscharacterofMrPancks，thanwasquiteintelligible，judgedbythesurfaceoftheirconversation。
’Andnow，’saidDaniel，lookingathiswatch，’astimeandtidewaitfornoman，mytrustypartner，andasIamreadyforstarting，bagandbaggage，atthegatebelow，letmesayalastword。Iwantyoutograntarequestofmine。’
’Anyrequestyoucanmake——Except，’Clennamwasquickwithhisexception，forhispartner’sfacewasquickinsuggestingit，’exceptthatIwillabandonyourinvention。’
’That’stherequest，andyouknowitis，’saidDoyce。
’Isay，No，then。Isaypositively，No。NowthatIhavebegun，I