But what have you planned?
Think how this secret has already spread--what hope is there of finally hushing it up?
Glazzard and you would never breathe a syllable; but how, short of manslaughter, could I assure the silence of a blackguard like this Northway?
If I let him blackmail me, I am done for: I should be like the fools in plays and novels, throwing half my possessions away, and all in vain." "Pray remember," urged the other, "that this Northway is by no means the rascal of melodrama.

He has just enough brains to make him conceited, and is at the disposal of any one who plays upon his conceit.

With much trouble I induced him to regard you as a source of profit." She broke off and seemed to falter.

"I think you won't find fault with me, Mr.Quarrier, for trying to do this ?" "You did it ill the friendliest spirit." "And not indiscreetly, I hope." She looked at him for a moment, and continued: "He is bribable, but you must go to work carefully.

For instance, I think if you offered to give him a good start in a commercial career--by your personal recommendation, I mean--that would have more effect than an offer of money.