"He'd go home to his bed just the same." "There, you are mistaken.

He would be the better, and so should I, a great deal better, for a little genuine conversation." "If it's conversation as ma'es his behind drop--" said Tom Kirk.

"An' puts th' bile in his face--" said Brewitt.

There was a general laugh.
"I can see it's no use talking about it any further," said the landlady, lifting her head dangerously.
"But look here, Mrs.Houseley, do you really think it makes much difference to a man, whether he can hold a serious conversation or not ?" asked the doctor.
"I do indeed, all the difference in the world--To me, there is no greater difference, than between an educated man and an uneducated man." "And where does it come in ?" asked Kirk.
"But wait a bit, now," said Aaron Sisson.

"You take an educated man--take Pender.