That is an affliction I could have accumulated at home, without sailing ten thousand miles after it.

I have my own way to make in the world, and I came to the Solomons to do it.

Getting married is not making _my_ way in the world.

It may do for some women, but not for me, thank you.

When I sit down to talk over the freight on copra, I don't care to have proposals of marriage sandwiched in.