"There can be no more favourable time than the present, Tony," says Mr. Guppy after they have broodingly made out the four sides of the square, "for a word or two between us upon a point on which we must, with very little delay, come to an understanding."

"There can be no better time than the present, Tony," says Mr. Guppy, "for a word or two between us upon a point on which we must agree."
