Now, attend to my words.

If you help me you will, in the first place, be well paid for your services.

Secondly, you will be able to place your hand on the true murderer of Sir Alan Hume-Frazer, or I will score my first failure.
Thirdly, Scotland Yard will give you another holiday, and I can secure you some shooting in Scotland.

What say you ?" The detective looked thoughtful.

Long experience had taught him not to argue with Brett when the latter was in earnest.
"I will do anything in my power," he said, "but there is more in this business than perhaps you are aware of--more than ever transpired at the Assizes." "Quite so, and a good deal that has transpired since.Now.Winter, don't argue, there's a good fellow.