We must let it choose its own pace, and hold our breath lest it should lose its balance.

It 's dealt out in different doses, in big cups and little, and when you have consumed your portion it 's as naif to ask for more as it was for Oliver Twist to ask for more porridge.

Lucky for you if you 've got one of the big cups; we drink them down in the dark, and we can't tell their size until we tip them up and hear the last gurgle.

Those of some men last for life; those of others for a couple of years.

Nay, what are you smiling at so damnably ?" he went on.