But he set his teeth.
"Twenty thousand dollars--think of that!" he sneered angrily.
"That is what I said, monsieur.

I said I could save you money, and money saved is money earned.

I am your benefactor, if you will but permit me to be so, monsieur.

I would save you from the law, and from the damages which the law gives.

Can you not guess what would be given in a court of the Catholic province of Quebec, against the violation of a good man's home?
Do you not see that the business is urgent ?" "Not at all," curtly replied the master-carpenter.