37/38 But I hope presently to congratulate you on the success of your mission.' 'I'll bet you a pony you don't,' I said. Why this pessimism ?' 'Only that I know our gentleman better than you. I've been twice up against him. He's the kind of wicked that don't cease from troubling till they're stone-dead. And even then I'd want to see the body cremated and take the ashes into mid-ocean and scatter them. |