Any man but a parson would be too good a Christian for such intense cruelty.

But let me see--four hundred pounds?
Oh, yes--Tozer has it." "And what will Tozer do with it ?" "Make money of it; whatever way he may go to work he will do that." "But will Tozer bring it to me on the 20th ?" "Oh, Lord, no! Upon my word, Mark, you are deliciously green.

A cat would as soon think of killing a mouse directly she got it into her claws.

But, joking apart, you need not trouble yourself.

Maybe you will hear no more about it; or, perhaps, which no doubt is more probable, I may have to send it to you to be renewed.