"I'm much obliged.

Come often, do.
I--well, the fact is, I'm likely to get sort of lonesome myself, I'm afraid.

Yes, I shouldn't wonder if I did." He sighed, tossed away the stump of his cigar, and added, "Now, I want to ask you somethin'.

You newspaper fellers are supposed to know about all there is to know of everything under the sun.

Do you know much about the Stock Exchange ?" Pearson smiled.
"All I can afford to know," he said.
"Humph! That's a pretty good answer.