'There was no other apartment so suitable in the whole hotel.

Who would have guessed that anything was going on here?
It was the very place for me.' 'I guessed,' said Racksole succinctly.
'Yes, you guessed, Mr Racksole.

But I had not counted on you.

You are the only smart man in the business.

You are an American citizen, and I hadn't reckoned to have to deal with that class of person.' 'Apparently I frightened you this afternoon ?' 'Not in the least.' 'You were not afraid of a search ?' 'I knew that no search was intended.