"I never was more so.

Will you place my offer before them, or will you not ?" "I will write and also wire them to-day," I said.

"But I think I know exactly what they will say." "Point out the applicability of the moral concerning the bird in the hand.

If they don't take what they can get now, the time may come when there may be nothing at all.

I never was a very patient man, and I can assure you most confidentially, that I am about tired of this game." "But how am I to know that this is not another trick on your part, and that you won't be clearing out of Paris within a few hours?
I should present a sorry picture if my clients were to accept your generous offer, and I had to inform them that you were not on hand to back it up." "Oh, you needn't be afraid about that," he said with a laugh.