We are great trade rivals.
We need just the opening.

What we get we may not be able to hold altogether, when trade is once more good here, but that is of no consequence.

We shall have it for a year or two, and that year or two will mean a good many millions to us." Maraton's eyes began to twinkle.
"The matter," he remarked, "becomes clearer to me.

You are either the most ingenuous person I ever met, or the most subtle.

Tell me, is it a personal bribe you have brought ?" "It is not," Mr.Beldeman replied.