Need we discuss it any further?
I think, if you do not mind--" He half rose to his feet, his eyes were searching the shadows of the garden.

The professor pulled him down.
"Be reasonable, Mr.Burton--be reasonable," he begged.

"Listen to what Mr.Bomford has to say." Mr.Bomford cleared his throat, scratched his chin for a moment thoughtfully, and half emptied his glass of claret.
"Our scheme, my young friend," He said condescendingly, "is worthy even of your consideration.

You are, I understand, gifted with some powers of observation which you have turned to lucrative account.

It has naturally occurred to you, then, in your studies of life, that the greatest accumulations of wealth which have taken place during the present generation have come entirely through discoveries, which either nominally or actually have affected the personal well-being of the individual.