I've broken the back of their opposition--I've got it like a twig in iron teeth." "Yes, Tarboe's been some use, hasn't he ?" was the suggestive response.
John Grier's eyes hardened.

"You might have done it.

You had it in you.
The staff of life--courage and daring--were yours, and you wouldn't take it on.

What's the result?
I've got a man who's worth two of Fabian and Belloc.

And you"-- he held up a piece of paper--"see that," he broke off.
"See that.