and that
the latter
was in a
state of
considerable
irritation.
They might
have been
talking,
thus, for
a quarter
of an hour
or more,
when Monks
– by which
name the
Jew had
designated
the
strange
man
several
times in
the course
of their
colloquy –
said,
raising
his voice
a little,
“I tell
you again,
it was
badly
planned.
Why not
have kept
him here
among the
rest, and
made a
sneaking,
snivelling
pickpocket
of him at
once?”
“Only hear
him!”
exclaimed
the Jew,
