He didn't want it to be too easy after all.
"You had said it would be easier after the first few."
Matters would have been easy after a club lead but West led the diamond king.
It's not easy after a game like the one we played.
Much easier to keep the alliance together after the event.
I find it's easier on the hands and wrists, especially after a long day at the office.
He wanted, let us say, to prove to me that it was not so easy after all.
Honesty is easy after the fact when my own interests are no longer involved.
And it isn't going to be as easy after this.
OF course, just because you have a degree doesn't mean it's easy after prison.