Sparkling Cyanide

police were inquiring into Mr Barton's death,

'I'll be the judge of that

a time that suits you? I

shrugged his shoulders.

cyanide to destroy a wasps' nest

stir things up again,

a clear undercurrent of excitement in him.

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about who they are by achieving something that the world will notice. The happy people are failures because they are so content in themselves that they don't care what other people think.

penal servitude for life

success already lay within his reach.