Mind, I can't say as she'd ever a' listened to me; it's more than likely she wouldn't But now that's all over, and the sooner I forget all about it the better for me.

And th' only way to forget is to keep myself to myself,--see, Dick ?' The listener drummed with his fingers on the table, still endeavouring to smile.
'I've thought about all this, Dan,' he said at length, with an air of extreme frankness.

'In fact, I meant to have a talk with you.

Of course I can't speak for my sister, and I don't know that I can even speak to her about it, but one thing I can say, and that is that she'll never be encouraged by me to think herself better than her old friends.' He gave a laugh.

'Why, that 'ud be a good joke for a man in my position! What am I working for, if not to do away with distinctions between capital and labour?
You'll never have my advice to keep away, Do you suppose I shall cry off with Emma Vine just because I've and that you know.