"Don't say another word, or look as if you would be happier if you had something to cry about.

Your dear mother used to do it; and it beats me always.

I have long had my eye upon Captain Stubbard, and I remember well that gallant action when his three ribs flew away.

We called him Adam, because of his wife coming just when his middle rib went, and his name was Adam Stubbard, sure enough.

Such men, in the prime of their life, should be promoted, instead of being disabled, for a scratch like that.