"Oh, big enough, Garry. Big enough to paralyze The Corner, from what I've heard."
"I've been playing a game with 'em, Henry. And now—if one of us could clear the road, what will we do together? Eh?"
The smile of Lord Nick showed his teeth.
"Haven't I been hungry all my life for a man like you, lad? Somebody to stand and guard my back while I faced the rest of the world?"
"And I'll do my share of the facing, too."
"You will, Garry. But I'm your elder."
"Man, man! Nobody's my elder except one that's spent half his life—as I have done!"
"We'll teach you to forget the pain I'll make life roses for you, Garry."
"And the fools outside thought—"
Donnegan broke into a soundless laughter, and, running to the door, opened it a fraction of an inch and peeped out.