Show mercy on me! Take this money.

Say that I gave you the slip in the dark!" Grim smiled.

He looked extremely comical without any eyebrows.
The wrinkles went all the way up to the roots of his hair.
"I'm incorruptible," he said.

"The boss, I believe, isn't." "You mean your High Commissioner?
I have not enough money for him." Grim laughed.

"No," he said, "he comes expensive." "What then ?" "Don't be an ass," said Grim.