I will say this thing, too, that my heart warmed to the lad at the very time of it--that he had spunk to speak his mind.

I have seen too much of the supple stock.

Sirs, it is but an ill thing to be over-rich, in which estate mankind is seen at the worst.

The fawning sort cringe underfoot for favors, and the true breed of kindly folk are all o'erapt to pass the rich man by, verra scornful-like." He looked hard at Peter Johnson.

"I am naming no names," he added.
"As for my gear, it would be a queer thing if I could not do what I like with my own.