"France, less favoured on the whole as to matters spiritual than her sister of the shield and trident, rolled with exc…"

"The mail was in its usual genial position that the guard suspected the passengers, the passengers suspected one anoth…"

"Keep where you are because, if I should make a mistake, it could never be set right in your lifetime."

"For I'm the devil at quick mistakes, and when I make one it takes the form of Lead."

"Did you hear the message?" "I did, Joe." "What did you make of it, Tom?" "Nothing at all, Joe." "That's a coincidence…"

"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to …"

"He had a healthy colour in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. But, perhaps the confi…"

"The sea did what it liked, and what it liked was destruction. It thundered at the town, and thundered at the cliffs, …"

"These are mere business relations, miss; there is no friendship in them, no particular interest, nothing like sentime…"

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was …"