As he spoke, Liszt took off his gloves and leaned forward respectfully to extend his hand to Arthur: "Mr. Hastings, actually we should have met in Paris. My residence in Paris was on Martyrs Street, not far from Mr. Heine's address; he lived at number 23, and I at number 43. We often dined together, and Mr. Heine frequently mentioned your name and joked with me that if I had said those words in London, I wouldn't have been put in prison by you, or rushed off to the United States."
Arthur joked: "Heinrich probably told you about Bernie Harrison's case, right? He's right; in London, Scotland Yard wouldn't dare mess with a member of parliament's affairs, let alone seal off his newspaper and throw him into prison. However, even as I humbly investigated the case, Mr. Bernie Harrison didn't plan to leave me alone and even sought a hitman in Liverpool to assassinate me. When that failed, he took his own life in a fit of guilt."
