"I am not talking about you," he said, "I don't know you and, frankly, I don't want to.

I am speaking of the staff in general.

" "And I will tell you this," Prince Andrew interrupted in a tone of quiet authority, "you wish to insult me, and I am ready to agree with you that it would be very easy to do so if you haven't sufficient self-respect, but admit that the time and place are very badly chosen.