Bunny had driven the cat into the green-house, he locked the door.
"That may be, Bunny, but I tell you frankly I don't want you to-night."
"Very well, Bunny! That's finished; but your blood be on your own pate if evil comes of it.
"Well, I'm not sure that I shall want you after all, Bunny."
But I still don't like leading you in where it isn't absolutely necessary, Bunny."
"I fancied a flat, and a man recommended these on the boat; such a good chap, Bunny; he was my reference when it came to signing the lease.
"I was waiting for you to ask that, Bunny; it's a long time since I did anything upon which I plume myself more.
He didn't insist, Bunny, and I danced down his stairs with your address in my pocket."
"You see, there are two or three of me now, Bunny: one's at the bottom of the Mediterranean, and one's an old Australian desirous of dying in the old country, but in no immediate danger of dying anywhere.
Remember it, Bunny? Well, wait a bit, and perhaps I'll be able to do you a better one.
"Well, you were the right sort of little beggar then, Bunny; you didn't talk and you didn't flinch.
"You're a nice chap, Bunny! A real desperate character--what?