Now, if anything were to happen to me in the ordinary course of business, by the time my debts are paid there would be nothing left to support my son Harry whilst he was getting in the way of earning a living, whereas now he will be set up for five years.
There is the whole affair in a nutshell." "Mr.Quatermain," said Sir Henry, who had been giving me his most serious attention, "your motives for undertaking an enterprise which you believe can only end in disaster reflect a great deal of credit on you.

Whether or not you are right, of course time and the event alone can show.

But whether you are right or wrong, I may as well tell you at once that I am going through with it to the end, sweet or bitter.

If we are to be knocked on the head, all I have to say is, that I hope we get a little shooting first, eh, Good ?" "Yes, yes," put in the captain.

"We have all three of us been accustomed to face danger, and to hold our lives in our hands in various ways, so it is no good turning back now.