All depends upon our success.

If we fail, you fall into an abyss of the depth and horrors of which you can have no conception.

I knew with whom I had to deal, and took my measures accordingly.

The most crushing proofs of your crime are in the hands of a person who has precise orders how to act.

When I give the signal, he moves; and when he moves, you are utterly lost." There was something so threatening in the silence that followed this speech that Paul grew faint with apprehension.
"And," went on Mascarin, "it would be an evil day for you if anything were to happen to Hortebise, Paul, or myself; for if one of us were to die suddenly, your fate would be sealed.