I will confess that she had some reason to be annoyed at the turn which things had taken.

But I hope to hear that you have now thought better upon this matter.' 'I have never thought about it at all, and I beg that you will not discuss it,' said I curtly.
He stood in deep thought for a few moments, and then he raised his evil face and his cruel grey eyes to mine.
'Well, well, that is settled then,' said he.

'But you cannot bear me a grudge for having wished you to be my successor.

Be reasonable, Louis.
You must acknowledge that you would now be six feet deep in the salt-marsh with your neck broken if I had not stood your friend, at some risk to myself.

Is that not true ?' 'You had your own motive for that,' said I.
'Very likely.