Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London

"No. It is impossible. He's got to come through, or I'll put him out
of business. That gentleman's agreement is all poppycock. If it were
only that, of course he could break it. But I've got some mighty
interesting correspondence that he's forgotten about.... Yes, yes; it
will clinch it in any court of law. I'll have the file in your office
by five this afternoon. And tell him, for me, that if he tries to put
through this trick, I'll break him. I'll put a competing line on, and
his steamboats will be in the receiver's hands inside a year.... And...
hello, are you there?... And just look up that point I suggested. I
am rather convinced you'll find the Interstate Commerce has got him on
two counts...."