It is a question neither of grammar nor ethics, but of fact." "I understand," I said.

"The fact is that you have the money." His face brightened.

He seemed pleased at my perspicacity.

"But it is avoiding the real question," I continued, "which is one of right." "Ah," he remarked, with a wry pucker of his mouth, "I see you still believe in such things as right and wrong." "But don't you ?--at all ?" I demanded.
"Not the least bit.

Might is right, and that is all there is to it.
Weakness is wrong.