"It will entangle me.' "Not a bit of it," said Dickson cheerfully.

"You see, Mem, they've clean lost track of the jools, and nobody knows where they are but me.
I'm a truthful man, but I'll lie like a packman if I'm asked questions.
For the rest, it's a question of kidnapping, I understand, and that's a thing that's not to be allowed.

My advice is to go to our beds and get a little sleep while there's a chance of it.

The Gorbals Die-Hards are grand watch-dogs." This view sounded so reasonable that it was at once acted upon.

The ladies' chamber was next door to the smoking-room--what had been the old schoolroom.