"He would be sure to deceive me." "You are entirely mistaken.

Since he was struck off the Rolls Old Sharon has discovered that the straight way is, on the whole, the best way, even in a man's own interests.

His consultation fee is a guinea; and he gives a signed estimate beforehand for any supplementary expenses that may follow.

I can tell you (this is, of course, strictly between ourselves) that the authorities at my office took his advice in a Government case that puzzled the police.

We approached him, of course, through persons who were to be trusted to represent us, without betraying the source from which their instructions were derived; and we found the old rascal's advice well worth paying for.