Come.
One more!' 'You are such a promising fellow,' said his patron, putting on his waistcoat with great nicety, and taking no heed of this request, 'that I must caution you against having too many impulses from the drink, and getting hung before your time.

What's your age ?' 'I don't know.' 'At any rate,' said Mr Chester, 'you are young enough to escape what I may call a natural death for some years to come.

How can you trust yourself in my hands on so short an acquaintance, with a halter round your neck?
What a confiding nature yours must be!' Hugh fell back a pace or two and surveyed him with a look of mingled terror, indignation, and surprise.

Regarding himself in the glass with the same complacency as before, and speaking as smoothly as if he were discussing some pleasant chit-chat of the town, his patron went on: 'Robbery on the king's highway, my young friend, is a very dangerous and ticklish occupation.

It is pleasant, I have no doubt, while it lasts; but like many other pleasures in this transitory world, it seldom lasts long.