Chapter 60

"’The Guv’nor ain’t satisfied with that fourth clause," said Mr. Kemmel. "He says it ain’t plain--hey, there, don’t let Phelps go, I want him and Klein for witnesses." "Where isn’t it plain?" demanded Adair, who remembered the document as one of unusual rigor, without even the usual two weeks’ notice. "Do you wish to add penal servitude to my other fifty-seven penalties?" Mr. Kemmel did not deign to smile. He was a pale, bald Jew of about thirty-six, with a peculiarly bleak way of addressing actors. "No," he answ…