"You forget that you are in my power!"
"I remember that your honor is in mine! Ha, ha, ha! The day Black Donald stands at the bar—the honorable Colonel Le Noir will probably be beside him!"
"Enough of this! Confound you, do you take me for one of your pals?"
"No, your worship, my pals are too poor to hire their work done, but then they are brave enough to do it themselves."
"Enough of this, I say! Name the price of this new service!"
"Ten thousand dollars—five thousand in advance—the remainder when the deed is accomplished."
"Extortioner! Shameless, ruthless extortioner!"
"Your honor will fall into that vulgar habit of calling ill names. It isn't worth while! It doesn't pay! If your honor doesn't like my terms, you needn't employ me. What is certain is that I cannot work for less!"
"You take advantage of my necessities."
"Not at all; but the truth is, Colonel, that I am tired of this sort of life, and wish to retire from active business. Besides, every man has his ambition, and I have mine. I wish to emigrate to the glorious West, settle, marry, turn my attention to politics, be elected to Congress, then to the Senate, then to the Cabinet, then to the White House—for success in which career, I flatter myself nature and education have especially fitted me. Ten thousand dollars will give me a fair start! Many a successful politician, your honor knows, has started on less character and less capital!"