The poor old fellow never recovered from his fright on that night, to say nothing of the cold he caught in your draughty coal-cellar, where he took refuge.

The bank relieved him in response to his urgent petitions, and they've sent us out a young Puritan, to whom it would be quite in vain to apply for a timely little loan.
"I wish I could give you as satisfactory an account of public affairs.
You were more or less behind the scenes over here, so you know that to keep the machine going is by no means an easy task.

I have kept it going, single-handed, for fifteen years, and though it's the custom to call me a mere adventurer (and I don't say that's wrong), upon my word I think I've given them a pretty decent Government.

But I've had enough of it by now.

The fact is, my dear Martin, I'm not so young as I was.