But I never had a fair chance offered to me, and I didn't care enough about it to hunt it up; and so nothing ever came of it.

I could make a good book fairly hum around this globe, though, don't you think ?" "Were you ever married?
Did you ever have a wife ?" "See here, my son, I never did you any harm, and what's the use of your bringing up such disagreeable reminiscences?
The old lady died in Egypt in 73.

They made her up into a mummy, and I reckon they put a pyramid on her to hold her down.

That's enough; that satisfies me." "Is your memory generally good ?" "Well, about fair; that's all.

I know I used to get Petrarch mixed up in my mind with St.Peter, and I've several times alluded to Plutarch as the god of the infernal regions.