I'm as ready to 'undertake a dirty job' as any man; but I don't like a fellow to offer me dirty work and pretend it's clean." "Ah, he's been getting you to do a little of the bear business, I suppose," said the Captain.

"I don't see that your conscience need trouble you about that.

Amongst a commercial people money must change hands.

I can't see that it much matters how the change takes place." "No, to be sure; that's a comfortable way of putting it, at any rate.
However, I'm tired of going about in the ursine guise, and I'm going to cut it.

I've an old aunt settled at Dorking who has got a little bit of money to leave, and I think I'll go and look her up." "An aunt at Dorking! I never heard of her before." "O yes you have," answered Mr.Hawkehurst, with supreme nonchalance; "you've heard of her often enough, only you've a happy knack of not listening to other people's affairs.