"You are very good," sighed the other. "I should like to very much; but no, no, no, it is quite impossible; I dare not. But indeed, Utterson, I am very glad to see you; this is really a great pleasure; I would ask you and Mr. Enfield up, but the place is really not fit.
"Why then," said the lawyer, good-naturedly, "the best thing we can do is to stay down here and speak with you from where we are."