I could scarcely refrain.

And the jaw of Peel fell; and the face of Twiss was as the face of a damned soul; and Herries looked like Judas taking his necktie off for the last operation.

We shook hands, and clapped each other on the back, and went out laughing, crying, and huzzaing into the lobby.

And no sooner were the outer doors opened than another shout answered that within the House.

All the passages, and the stairs into the waiting-rooms, were thronged by people who had waited till four in the morning to know the issue.