Yes, John, I consider myself your debtor to the amount of a life." "Saving a man's life is sometimes rather a doubtful boon.

I think if I had a fever, and some officious fool dragged me through it when I was in a fair way to make a decent end, I should be very savagely disposed towards him." "Why, John Saltram, you are the last man in the world from whom I should expect that dreary kind of talk.

Yet I suppose it's only a natural consequence of shutting yourself up in these rooms for ten days at a stretch." "What good use have I made of my life in the past, Gilbert ?" demanded the other bitterly; "and what have I to look forward to in the future?
To marry, and redeem my position by the aid of a woman's money.

That's hardly the noblest destiny that can befall a man.

And yet I think if Adela Branston were free, and willing to marry me, I might make something of my life.