What ?" But Stoner knew at once that Myler disapproved.

The commercial traveller's homely face grew grave, and he shook his head with an unmistakable gesture.
"No, Stoner," he said.

"None o' that! Play straight, my lad! No hush-money transactions.

Keep to the law, Stoner, keep to the law! Besides, there's others than you can find all this out.

What you want to do is to get in first.