Perhaps they are a little afraid of you." "I'm the worst hand at cards, I suppose, in England.

A dash at loo for about an hour, and half-a-dozen cuts at blind hookey,--that's about my form.

I know I drop more than I pick up.

If I knew what I was about I should never touch a card." "Horses; eh, Tifto ?" "Horses, yes.

They've pretty good claret, here, eh, Silverbridge ?" He could never hit off his familiarity quite right.