"You have been strangely importunate. If it should appear, after all, that what you have to say does not concern me--and I don't know how it can, and don't expect that it will--you will allow me to cut you short with but little ceremony. Say what you have to say, if you please."

"You have been strangely importunate. If it should appear, after all, that what you have to say does not concern me - and I don't expect that it will - you will allow me to cut you short. Say what you have to say, please."
