What do you think ?" "It would be all right," said Fleetwood.

"He'll need all the support he can get, with Leroy Mortimer as his sponsor.

...

Wasn't Mortimer rather nasty about Siward though, in his role of the alcoholic prophet?
Whew!" "Siward never had any use for Mortimer," observed O'Hara.
"I'll bet you never heard him say so," returned Fleetwood.

"You know Stephen Siward's way; he never said anything unpleasant about any man.
I wish I didn't either, but I do.