“Do you think he will do me any harm?”
“I think he will injure your chances.”
“Egad! if I thought that, I’d wring the young rascal’s neck.”
“There’s a better way, Thomas.”
“What’s that?”
“Can’t you get him dismissed from Gilbert & Mack’s?”
“I haven’t enough influence with the firm.”
“Suppose they thought him dishonest?”
“They’d give him the sack, of course.”
“Can’t you make them think so, Thomas?”