It would have been presumptuous if I'd recommended you to sell, and my forecast might have proved incorrect.

In that case you would have blamed me for losing your money." This was incontestable.

Though they knew he had betrayed them, Lansing's position was too strong to be assailed.
"You might have mentioned that you contemplated retiring from the board," one remarked.

"Then we would have known what to expect." "A little reflection will show the futility of your suggestion.

How could I contemplate being run over by a motor-car ?" "Well," said the second man in a grim tone, "you can't deny the accident was in some respects a fortunate one for you." "I'm doubtful whether you would have appreciated it, in my place.