'You gentlemen mustn't think that I haven't been following your most engrossing conversation.

I guess I haven't missed a syllable.

I find that a game of Patience stimulates the digestion after meals and conduces to quiet reflection.

John S.Blenkiron is with you all the time.' He shuffled the cards and dealt for a new game.
I don't think I ever expected a refusal, but this ready assent cheered me wonderfully.

I couldn't have faced the thing alone.
'Well, that's settled.