'You know you're drunk; you know it, sir; and yet you can't get up a spark of animation.' 'I have drunk fair, my lord,' replied the younger man; 'but I own I am conscious of no exhilaration.' 'If you had as black a look-out as me, sir,' cried the peer, 'you would be very glad of a little innocent exhilaration, let me tell you.

I am glad of it--glad of it, and I only wish I was drunker.

For let me tell you it's a cruel hard thing upon a man of my time of life and my position, to be brought down to beggary because the world is full of thieves and rascals--thieves and rascals.

What?
For all I know, you may be a thief and a rascal yourself; and I would fight you for a pinch of snuff--a pinch of snuff,' exclaimed his lordship.
Here Mr.Archer turned to Nance Holdaway with a pleasant smile, so full of sweetness, kindness, and composure that, at one bound, her dreams returned to her.

'My good Miss Holdaway,' said he, 'if you are willing to show me the road, I am even eager to be gone.