He's welcome to the screws we left behind, and if he finds an operator before the evening I'm the worst kind of a Dutchman.

I'm going to break all the rules and bucket this car for what she's worth.

Don't you see that the nearer we get to Erzerum the safer we are ?' 'I don't follow,' he said slowly.

'At Erzerum I reckon they'll be waiting for us with the handcuffs.

Why in thunder couldn't those hairy ragamuffins keep the little cuss safe?
Your record's a bit too precipitous, Major, for the most innocent-minded military boss.' 'Do you remember what you said about the Germans being open to bluff?
Well, I'm going to put up the steepest sort of bluff.