There is a curious pomposity about him, too, which grates upon me.

I shouldn't have been at all sorry if he had been the seceder; he's bored terribly, I know, yet he naturally feels bound to keep his place.

But I'm very sorry that Ackroyd has gone; he has brains, and I wanted to get to know him.

I shall not give him up; I must persuade him to come and have a talk with me.' 'What of Mr.Grail ?' 'Ah, Grail is faithful.

Yes, Grail is the man of them all; that I am sure of.