“He said to tell you that there can be no arrangement as long as this street is allied with Dr. Sutherland. My master and Dr. Sutherland are archnemeses.” “What?” Charley half laughed, half frowned. “I don’t have an archnemesis.” “With all due respect, Dr. Sutherland,” Eric said, “I don’t think you get to choose.” “Possibly not,” he acknowledged. “But I think I should probably have been informed.”
