J’ai bon espoir de réussir, grâce a mes procédés particuliers ; mais c’est une chose qui demande beaucoup de tact, car nous avons affaire a un homme rusé et capable de tout, doublé, comme je l’ai expérimenté a mes dépens, par un autre aussi habile que lui.
I have good hopes of managing it through my own arrangements; but it is a thing which needs delicate handling, for we have a shrewd and desperate man to deal with, who is supported, as I have had occasion to prove, by another who is as clever as himself.