“The Laughingstock of the City”

No man who employs detectives should ever be disappointed. I hope every time you’ve engaged these vermin you’ve discovered that you’ve got antlers out to here, that you were the laughingstock of the city, that you came crawling out of the agency, your face aflame and your briefcase stuffed with undeniable evidence of your multiple betrayal, dishonor dripping from your ears like garlands of sea weed.