Every business is undertaken to make money." Mershone drew his chair a little nearer.
"I need a clever detective myself," he announced, confidentially.

"I'm anxious to discover what enemy is persecuting me in this way.

Would it--er--be impossible for me to employ _you_ to--er--look after my interests ?" Fogerty was very serious.
"You see, sir," he responded, "if I quit this job they may not give me another.

In order to be a successful detective one must keep in the good graces of the agencies." "That's easy enough," asserted Mershone.

"You may pretend to keep this job, but go home and take life easy.