I think a new country might do me good.

But there's no use in talking about that.

I'm bound hand and foot to the old one." "That reminds me of something I had to say to you, John.

There must have been some reason for your leaving Lidford in that sudden way the other day, and your note explained nothing.

I thought you and I had no secrets from each other, It's scarcely fair to treat me like that." "The business was hardly worth explaining," answered the other moodily.
"A bill that I had forgotten for the time fell due just then, and I hurried off to set things straight." "Let me help you somehow or other, Jack." "No, Gilbert; I will never suffer you to become entangled in the labyrinth of my affairs.