It's not a time to stick at trifles.

There's a pot of money on the table, and Bellairs and Co. are not the men to stick at trifles."

If we're on to some dope ring, they're not the people to stick at trifles--" He broke off as the door opened and Mr. Horace Blatt came briskly into the room.

Nevertheless, the money lender determined to have the conch by hook or by crook, and as he was villain enough not to stick at trifles, he waited for a favorable opportunity and stole the conch.