The risk will be too great if monsieur indeed accepts my proposition and carries it out.

I need but a matter of ten thousand francs to complete my savings." The man's white face shone eagerly in the dim light of the gloomy little apartment.

His eyes glittered.

He waited almost breathlessly.
"Frenhofer," Hunterleys said slowly, "so far as I have been concerned indirectly in these negotiations with you, my instructions to my agent have been simple and definite.

We have never haggled.