You have obtained a temporary advantage over me, I will admit; but that advantage will not last.

Do not flatter yourself that it will." "I am not so sure upon that point," said Hayle, lighting a cigarette as he spoke.

"If I did not think so I should not have gone to all this trouble and expense.

But why make such a fuss about it?
You must surely understand, Mr.Fairfax, that your profession necessarily entails risks.
This is one of them.

You have been paid to become my enemy.