Besides, it's expensive.

Singleton's fee wasn't so big, because he shared the cost of his orchid collecting or something of the kind with us.

Then he might talk, and there would always be the risk of somebody's challenging us with suppressing his report.

If things went wrong, that would lead to trouble." "Would there be any use in my seeing him ?" Herbert smiled.

Singleton would not turn against him; Sylvia had made her influence felt.
"Not the slightest," he answered.