The Young Manchus and their allies had the ground surveyed thoroughly.

They even had us of the Yard marked down.

Oh, it's a plot and a half, I can assure you, and the worst thing is that the real struggle is yet ahead.

All that has happened before is mere skirmishing compared with what's to come." "Is that why you covered up your tracks, even in this hotel, before you came to my room ?" inquired Handyside.
"It is, and let me tell you that you're a living example of a contradiction in terms.

You use your brains, Mr.Handyside, yet you smoke a cigar calculated to atrophy the keenest intellect.