“Given time we would have become less than indispensable and you would have started looking around for a way to shaft us instead of doing the honorable thing and paying us off and simply terminating our comission.â€
“That’s what I love about you, Croaker. Your unflagging faith in humanity.â€
“Absolutely. Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent,†I grumped.
Glen Cook