And if Jack had known when to hold his tongue, he must have had the best of it.

But the lawyer knew this, and the soldier did not.
"Master Jellicorse," said the latter, with his forehead deeply wrinkled, and his eyes now opened to their widest, "in saying of that you make a liar of yourself.

Lease or no lease--that you do.

Leasing stands for lying in the Bible, and a' seemeth to do the same thing in Yorkshire.
Fifty wives, and a hundred children! Sir Duncan hath had one wife, and lost her, through the Neljan fever and her worry; and a Yorkshire lady, as you might know--and never hath he cared to look at any woman since.
There now, what you make of that--you lawyers that make out every man a rake, and every woman a light o' love?
Get along! I hate the lot o' you." "What a strange character you are! You must have had jungle fever, I should think.

No, Diana, there is no danger"-- for Jack o' the Smithies had made such a noise that Mrs.Jellicorse got frightened and ran in: "this poor man has only one arm; and if he had two, he could not hurt me, even if he wished it.