You gauge your misfortune, and make your little calculation as to the best mode of remedying the evil.

But when you are told that your friend's horse is perfect,--only that he does this or that,--there comes a weight on your mind from which you are unable to release it.

You cannot discount your trouble at any percentage.

It may amount to absolute ruin, as far as that day is concerned; and in such a circumstance you always look forward to the worst.

When the groom had done his description, Phineas Finn would almost have preferred a day's canvass at Tankerville under Mr.
Ruddles's authority to his present position.
When the hounds entered Broughton Spinnies, Phineas and Madame Goesler were still together.