One cannot argue long with a man making two hundred miles an hour!" "You must prevent that, Strock.

And the arrest made, telegraph me.
After that, the matter will be in my hands." "Count on me, Mr.Ward; at any hour, day or night, I shall be ready to start with my men.

I thank you for having entrusted this mission to me.

If it succeeds, it will be a great honor--" "And of great profit," added my chief, dismissing me.
Returning home, I made all preparations for a trip of indefinite duration.

Perhaps my good housekeeper imagined that I planned a return to the Great Eyrie, which she regarded as an ante-chamber of hell itself.