"He will be a greater man than I am," he said.
"An interesting collection!" commented Nick.

"Heroes past, present, and to come! You will pardon me for putting myself first.

My little halo went out long ago." "Nick! How absurd you are!" "My dear, it's my _role_ to be absurd.

I am the clown in every tragedy I come across--the comic relief man--the buffoon in every side-show.

Hence my Frontier laurels, because I kept on dancing when everyone else was dead.