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"When Meester Beekaire can speak like a gentleman, he " Here the chairman interrupted. "I addressed my question to Mr Railsford," said he. "I can understand he declines, under present circumstances, to make any reply to these accusations. But may I suggest it would be most unfortunate if we had to adjourn this disagreeable question again?
"Hear, hear," said Grover and others, amongst whom Mr Bickers's voice was conspicuous. Railsford felt uncomfortable thus to become an object of general notice, and coloured up as he nodded his acknowledgments to the chairman. "They do not know of your scrape," said monsieur, cheerfully. "I would tell them about it, my good friend, before Meester Beekaire makes his little speech."
"What!" thundered Mark, in a voice which made Arthur and the baronet in the room overhead jump out of their chairs. "My kind Railsford, it is only my advice. You have been in the wrong. I say to you, as a brave man, do not make yourself more wrong. Meester Beekaire would help you very much to make yourself more wrong. Do not let him help you, I say."
Monsieur slowly unfolded the paper and smoothed it out. "Meester Beekaire!" said he, with a twist of his moustache, as he recognised the writing. "You mean that I read it?" "Certainly, if you like." The Frenchman read the document through, and then pitched it back into the fire. "Well?" said Railsford. "Well, my good friend, it seems you do not know Meester Beekaire as well as others."
"Bad lies will be told of you at the masters' meeting to-night," said the Frenchman, "but take courage, mon ami, I shall be there." "Have you any idea what the lies are to be?" asked Railsford, who perhaps was not as jubilant as he might have been at this last cheering promise. "Meester Beekaire, so I have heard, desires to accuse you of having assaulted him. It is absurd.
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