"It's a ridicklus affair," he said, with a contemptuous laugh.

"If I had been Mr.Weiss, I wouldn't have had nothing to do with it.

The sick gentleman, Mr.Graves, is one of them people what can't abear doctors.

He's been ailing now for a week or two, but nothing would induce him to see a doctor.

Mr.Weiss did everything he could to persuade him, but it was no go.