The genuine poor are really people like you and me." "I know," he said philosophically, lighting another cigarette.

"But all this is beside the point.

We want money, and money we must have in order to avoid exposure.

You--" "I was a fool to have had anything to do with that other little affair," she interrupted.
"It was not only myself who arranged it.

Remember, it was you who suggested it, because it seemed so easy, and because you had an old score to pay off." "The woman was sacrificed, and at the same time an enemy learnt our secret." "I couldn't help it," he protested.