Reginald Thomas Maitland Scott

“ From the opposite side of the entrance Grogan sprang forward, gun in hand. But Wentworth had dropped the small revolver and had jerked two heavy pistols from the pockets of his long, yellow coat. Faced by the tan man with two guns, Grogan let his own weapon crash upon the floor.
Banister dropped the liqueur glass and grabbed a pistol from the drawer of his table with unexpected quickness for such an elderly man. ”

“ The first person to arrive was Mortimer Mack, his little figure being easily recognized as he went up the steps.
"The first actor has arrived," commented Wentworth to Nita who was sitting tensely behind him in the cab, "unless, of course, there are others already in the house."
There was a wait of fifteen minutes before another car arrived before the Bannister house. From it three men alighted and trudged up the steps to the front door. At their head, limping very badly, Wentworth recognized the hulking form of Dan Grogan. ”

“ You are going to have the surprise of your life."
And so it was that they took the long elevator ride down to the ground floor of Riverside Mansions and found Wentworth's motor car waiting for them at the door, with Ram Singh seated beside the chauffeur in front. Without any direction from Wentworth the car moved off as soon as they had entered and turned south, running to 59th Street and stopping, still without any directions to the chauffeur, at one of the southern entrances to Central Park. ”

“ To get your ends you wrecked homes by using unscrupulous and licentious women, and you ruined other families through gambling. Now you try to bribe me, and— if I refuse— you are prepared to kill me. Well, Mr. ”