We may slip over into smooth water.

On the other hand," and he twiddled his thumbs serenely, "we may be at war in a month.

If that were to be the case, I might want to talk with you again.

Will you leave your address with Miss Chayne ?" Hillyard was led out by another door, no doubt so that he might not meet the impatient admiral.

He might have gone away disheartened from that interview with its vague promises.