There is great earnestness, vast candour, a manifest sincerity in all you say, but I fear I observe the faintest indications of a tendency to prose.' 'I am very sorry, sir.' 'I am very sorry, too, Ned, but you know that I cannot fix my mind for any long period upon one subject.

If you'll come to the point at once, I'll imagine all that ought to go before, and conclude it said.

Oblige me with the milk again.

Listening, invariably makes me feverish.' 'What I would say then, tends to this,' said Edward.

'I cannot bear this absolute dependence, sir, even upon you.