I'm in a damned funk.

I want to get out of this for a bit, but I dare not leave until I set things going." "Take your time," said Meredith, quietly and soothingly; "light that cigar again and lie down.

There is no hurry." Durnovo obeyed him meekly.
"Tell me," he said, "have you ever heard of Simiacine ?" "I cannot say that I have," replied Jack.

"What is it for, brown boots or spasms ?" "It is a drug, the most expensive drug in the market.

And they must have it, they cannot do without it, and they cannot find a substitute.