But you must make allowances; my good nature has suffered a severe strain.

I'll get into my own clothes to-morrow if you will have a servant sew on some buttons and mend the collar.

By the way, who is eating three meals a day in the east corridor on the third floor ?" Their glances fenced.

The Colonel rubbed his mustache.
"I like you," he said; "hang me if I don't.

But as well as I like you, I would not give a denier for your life if you were found in that self-same corridor.