I wish very much that my uncle would stay here." "There is no chance of that, I suppose ?" I asked.
"I think not," she answered.

"In South America he is a very important man.

They speak of him one day as President." "Had you any idea," I asked, "that he had enemies over here ?" She shook her head.
"It is not that," she said.

"We will not talk of it just now.

It is not that he has enemies, but he has very, very important business to arrange, and there are some who do not think as he thinks about it.