Be his debts what they would, there was not one among them to his friends, or one for which the law could not seize him.

He was silent; he did not wish to have a scene of discussion with one who was but a child to him; moreover, it was his nature to abhor scenes of any sort, and to avert even a dispute, at any cost.
He came back and sat down without any change of expression, putting his cheroot in his mouth.
"Tres cher, you are not courteous," he said wearily; "but it may be that you are right.

I am not a good one for you to copy from in anything except the fit of my coats; I don't think I ever told you I was.

I am not altogether so satisfied with myself as to suggest myself as a model for anything, unless it were to stand in a tailor's window in Bond Street to show the muffs how to dress.

That isn't the point, though; you say you want near 300 pounds by to-morrow--to-day rather.