When you die people will count your millions, not your good deeds." He laughed cynically and drew up a chair near her desk.

As a general thing, John Ryder never wasted words on women.

He had but a poor opinion of their mentality, and considered it beneath the dignity of any man to enter into serious argument with a woman.

In fact, it was seldom he condescended to argue with anyone.

He gave orders and talked to people; he had no patience to be talked to.
Yet he found himself listening with interest to this young woman who expressed herself so frankly.