He has saved some capital in India, where I am told that he fought most gallantly.

Singular to say, he has met with, and perhaps served under, our lamented and lost brother Duncan, of whom and his family he may give us interesting particulars.
You know how this neighborhood excels in idle talk, and if John Smithies becomes our tenant, his discourse must be confined to his own business.
But he must not hesitate to impart to you any facts you may think it right to ask about.

Jordas will bring us your answer, under seal." "Skillfully put, up to that last word, which savors too much of teaching me my own business.

Aberthaw, are you quite ready with that lease?
It is wanted rather in a hurry." As Mr.Jellicorse thought the former, and uttered the latter part of these words, it was plain to see that he was fidgety.

He had put on superior clothes to get up with; and the clerks had whispered to one another that it must be his wedding day, and ought to end in a half-holiday all round, and be chalked thenceforth on the calendar; but instead of being joyful and jocular, like a man who feels a saving Providence over him, the lawyer was as dismal, and unsettled and splenetic, as a prophet on the brink of wedlock.