"Pale just now, but it's 'the pale cast of thought.' What are you aiming at, Piers ?" "I don't know," was the reply, absently spoken.
"Ah, but I'm sorry to hear that.

You should have concentrated yourself by now, indeed you should.

If I had to begin over again, I should go in for commerce." Piers gave him a look of interest.
"Indeed?
You mean that ?" "I do.

I would apply myself to the science and art of money-making in the only hopeful way--honest buying and selling.

There's something so satisfying about it.