There mustn't be any noise.

We should have the river police down on us in a twinkling if there was a revolver shot, and it would be the ruin of me.

If an inquiry was held the Commissioners wouldn't take any official notice of the fact that my superior officer had put me on to this job, and I should be requested to leave the service.' 'Have no fear on that score,' said Racksole.

'I shall, of course, take all responsibility.' 'It wouldn't matter how much responsibility you took,' Hazell retorted; 'you wouldn't put me back into the service, and my career would be at an end.' 'But there are other careers,' said Racksole, who was really anxious to lame his ex-waiter by means of a judiciously-aimed bullet.

'There are other careers.' 'The Customs is my career,' said Hazell, 'so let's have no shooting.
We'll wait about a bit; he can't escape.