In the next--who knows ?" "As you will! I dare say you would be an exacting partner." "All of that, Chauvenet! You do best to stick to your present employer.
He needs you and the like of you--I don't! But remember--if there's a sudden death in Vienna, in a certain high quarter, you will not live to reap the benefits.

Charles Louis rules Austria-Hungary; his cousin, your friend Francis, is not of kingly proportions.

I advise you to cable the amiable Durand of a dissolution of partnership.

It is now too late for you to call at Judge Claiborne's, and I shall trouble you to walk on down the road for ten minutes.

If you look round or follow me, I shall certainly turn you into something less attractive than a pillar of salt.
You do well to consult your watch--forward!" Armitage pointed down the road with his riding-crop.