It is princely remuneration." I looked at him closely.

It was plain that he was in earnest--in deadly earnest, so it seemed.

Even a defaulting manager would scarcely seem to warrant so much zeal.
"I am very much flattered by your offer," I said; "and believe me, I most truly appreciate the generosity of your Company; but, as I said before, if it is necessary for me to go at once, that is to say, before I have completed my present case, then I have no option but to most reluctantly decline." "Perhaps you will think it over," he continued, "and let me know, say to-morrow ?" "No amount of thinking it over will induce me to alter my decision," I replied.

"You must see for yourself that I have no right to accept a retainer from one party and then throw them over in order to favour another.

That would not only be a dishonourable action on my part, but would be bad from a business point of view.