Stunning, I tell you!" Jack didn't want any high-ball, and said so.

(Biffy didn't care if he did.) The boy's mind was still on the scoop, particularly on the way in which every one of his fellow-members had spoken of the incident.
"Horrid business, all of it.

Don't you think so, Garry ?" Jack said after a pause.
"No, not if you keep your eyes peeled," answered Garry, emptying his glass.

"Never saw Gilbert but once, and then he looked to me like a softy from Pillowville.

Couldn't fool me, I tell you, on a deal like that.