I rather fancy I've settled down for good." Horlock lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair.
"No good looking impatient, Tallente," he said.

"The door's locked and you know it.

You'll have to listen to what I want to say.

A few minutes of your time aren't much to ask for." "Go ahead," Tallente acquiesced.
"There is only one ambition," Horlock continued, "for an earnest politician.

You know what that is as well as I do.