Those circumstances it is not necessary to offer in argument.

They may--or they may not--have some reference to a subject which may--or may not--have cast its shadow on my existence." As it is Mr.Guppy's perplexing way with boastful misery to tempt his particular friends into this subject, and the moment they touch it, to turn on them with that trenchant severity about the chords in the human mind, both Mr.Jobling and Mr.Smallweed decline the pitfall by remaining silent.
"Such things may be," repeats Mr.Guppy, "or they may not be.

They are no part of the case.

It is enough to mention that both Mr.and Mrs.Snagsby are very willing to oblige me and that Snagsby has, in busy times, a good deal of copying work to give out.

He has all Tulkinghorn's, and an excellent business besides.