It did not seem possible." "In which case ?" Louis asked slowly.
I pointed to the revolver upon my mantelpiece.
"We all," I remarked, "make the mistake of overestimating the actual importance of life." Louis shivered a little.

I noticed both then and afterwards that he was never comfortable in the presence of firearms.
"A last resource, of course," I said, "but one should always be prepared!" "In this city," Louis said, "it is not as in London.

In London there are no corners which are not swept bare by your police.

In London, by this time you would have been sitting in a prison cell." "That," I remarked, "is doubtless true.

So much the more fortunate for me that I should have met Monsieur Tapilow in Paris and not in London.
But will you tell me, Louis, why you want me to go with you to the Cafe Normandy, and how you think it will help me ?" "It would take too long," Louis answered.