"From what little I can grasp of a curiously involved affair, it seems to me that there are weightier interests than ours at stake.

And, if I may venture to differ from you, a lot of things may happen before I see the inside of a prison." "After your meteoric career during the past few hours I am inclined to agree with that last remark," and Clancy's tone became so serious that Devar laughed outright.

"Don't misunderstand me, Mr.Curtis.

I am lost in admiration of your nerve, but you have told me just what I wanted to make sure of." "I have expressed no opinions.

I confined myself to actual facts." "And isn't it a highly significant fact that you are over head and ears in love with your wife?
_Nom d'un pipe_! Doesn't that complicate the thing worse than a Chinese puzzle ?" "I really don't see----" began Curtis, yielding to a feeling of annoyance which was not altogether unwarrantable, but Clancy jerked out his hands as though they were attached to arms moved by the strings of a marionette.
"Of course, you don't!" he cried.