"Where were you going ?" "To the railroad," said Damer.

"Out of the country!" "Without telling me?
That was kind of foolish of you.

Still, you haven't much sense, anyway.

You had quite a well-paid job at Somasco." "Well," said Damer dryly, "I haven't got it now." Hallam laughed, though the glint in his eyes did not express good will.
"You have got a temper that will be the ruin of you, and don't know when a man's too big for you, while, now I come to look at you, there's a lump on your forehead that makes the thing quite plain.

You have been fooling with Alton, and he has 'most pounded the life out of you.
Still, what do you want to leave the country for, anyway ?" Damer set his lips, and drummed with his fingers on the table.