You've not served the right apprenticeship for that sort of thing; you ought to try for some higher game.

What should you say to an affair that might put two or three thousand pounds in your pocket if it was successful ?" "I should feel very much inclined to fancy it a bubble--one of those dazzling rainbow-tinted globes which look so bright dancing about in the sunshine, and explode into nothing directly they encounter any tangible substance.

However, my dear Sheldon, if you really have any employment to offer to a versatile young man who is not overburdened with vulgar prejudices, you'd better put the business in plain words." "I will," answered George; "but it's not an affair that can be discussed in five minutes.

It's rather a serious matter, and involves a good deal of consideration.

I know that you're a man of the world, and a very clever fellow into the bargain; but there's something more than that wanted for this business, and that is patience.