The thing might be the saving of him, or the ruin--in which case, of course, he would also be the ruin of the thing." "As risky as that ?" Beauregard asked.

"I have heard something of him, but I thought it merely his youth.

What's wrong with him ?" "Oh, I can't tell.

A thousand things, but all might be done away with by a single chance like this.

I tell you what I'll do.