Women wait and wonder at home; it is their common lot.

The spirit of the gambler is in us all, and we might as well confess it here and now.

It is in the corpuscles: something for nothing, something for nothing! Martin was a power in the Common Council.

He could block or put through any measure.

He always carried a roll of gold-bills in his pockets--for what purpose no one had the temerity to inquire.