Find out what he'll really take, but don't come talking to me about five thousand pounds or anything of that kind, for that's ridiculous.

Tell him that if proceedings are not begun by the first of May his wife won't get any more money from Van Torp, and he won't get any more from his wife.

Use any other argument that strikes you.

That's your business, because that's what I pay you for.

What I want is the result, and that's justice and no more, and I don't care anything about the means.