Upon my word, I think the dead are luckier than the living.

In any case they are more fortunate than poor devils like Codd and myself.

But I am keeping you standing, won't you sit down somewhere and tell me your news?
I have been almost counting the minutes for your arrival.

I know you would not be here to-day unless you had something important to communicate to me.

You have found Hayle ?" He asked the question with feverish eagerness, as if he hoped within a few hours to be clutching at the other's throat.