There is also in my make-up a pride which you may never have observed or suspected, and it is of this that I want to speak before attempting to say something which will depend altogether upon the way you receive the introduction." "Go ahead, Henry.

You're serious to-night, and I can see that something heavy is upon your mind." "It is a very serious matter, I can assure you.

Well, as you perhaps know from my remarks or allusions on previous occasions, I am a poor devil.

I have nothing on earth but the salary I can earn, and you can guess what that will amount to in Manila.

My father educated me as best he could, and I worked my way through college after he had given me to understand that he was unable to send me there himself.