Jove! wish he could see us at some of our wines.
Don't we just "splice the main brace" as Emil says,' answered Dolly, the dandy, carefully spreading a napkin over the glossy expanse of shirt-front whereon a diamond stud shone like a lone star.

His stutter was nearly outgrown; but he, as well as George, spoke in the tone of condescension, which, with the blase airs they assumed, made a very funny contrast to their youthful faces and foolish remarks.

Good-hearted little fellows both, but top-heavy with the pride of being Sophs and the freedom that college life gave them.
'Little Jo is getting to be a deuced pretty girl, isn't she ?' said George, with a long sigh of satisfaction as his first mouthful of ice went slowly down his throat.
'H'm--well, fairish.

The Princess is rather more to my taste.

I like 'em blonde and queenly and elegant, don't you know.' 'Yes, Jo is too lively; might as well dance with a grasshopper.
I've tried her, and she's one too many for me.