Nathan Smith told it me this morning." "Nathan Smith ?" repeated the other, in surprise.
"I've done him a little service," said the invalid.

"Got him out of a mess with Garth and Co.

He's been here two or three times, and I must confess I find him a most alluring rascal." "Birds of a feather--" began Hardy, superciliously.
"Don't flatter me," said Swann, putting his hand out of the bed-clothes with a deprecatory gesture.
"I am not worthy to sit at his feet.

He is the most amusing knave on the coast.

He is like a sunbeam in a sick room when you can once get him to talk of his experiences.