Also, I could give them points on what is happening at their very door, for our friend Sandy is a big boss in the best-run crowd of mountebanks that ever fiddled secrets out of men's hearts.
Without their help I wouldn't have cut much ice in this city.' 'I want you to tell me one thing, Blenkiron,' I said.

'I've been playing a part for the past month, and it wears my nerves to tatters.
Is this job very tiring, for if it is, I doubt I may buckle up.' He looked thoughtful.

'I can't call our business an absolute rest-cure any time.

You've got to keep your eyes skinned, and there's always the risk of the little packet of dynamite going off unexpected.

But as these things go, I rate this stunt as easy.