When do you expect Tom and his wife ?" "At the beginning of next week." "So soon! Well, good-night, old fellow; I shall see you before they come, I daresay.

You might as well drop in upon me at my place to-morrow night.

I'm hard at work on a job." "Your old kind of work ?" "O, yes.

I don't get much work of any other kind." "And I'm afraid you'll never get much good out of that." "I don't know.

A man who sits down to whist may have a run of ill-luck before he gets a decent hand; but the good cards are sure to come if he only sits long enough.