"I thought you had--everything, sir," he said.
Saltash laughed and set down the empty glass.

"_Au contraire, mon cher_," he said.

"I am no richer than you are.

Like Tantalus, I can never quench my thirst.

Like many a better man than I, I see the stars, but I never reach them." "Does anybody ?" said Toby in the tone of one not expecting an answer.
Saltash laughed briefly, enigmatically.