Well. Clearly I'm not in this coat closet for the ambiance.
[It's far from the whole scope of his task, but in a way, that's part of the bait he's using on his figurative hook, all the same. If he's reading this exchange right, and he suspects he is, he's going to get farther with curiosity than he is with a bid for mercy, and concealing his hand might well prove even more successful than simply showing it.]
And I must say, the reward in question seems fairly disproportionate to the ease of the task. But I'm not about to turn down a windfall if they're fool enough to offer it to me.
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[It's far from the whole scope of his task, but in a way, that's part of the bait he's using on his figurative hook, all the same. If he's reading this exchange right, and he suspects he is, he's going to get farther with curiosity than he is with a bid for mercy, and concealing his hand might well prove even more successful than simply showing it.]
And I must say, the reward in question seems fairly disproportionate to the ease of the task. But I'm not about to turn down a windfall if they're fool enough to offer it to me.