Now, maybe your partner's not quite fixed the same as you are; maybe he sees precious little difference between the one thing and the other." "You could not say truer: he sees none, I do believe," cried I; "and though I see one, I could never tell you how." "We never can," said the oracular Nares; "taste is all a matter of opinion.

But the point is, how will your friend take it?
You refuse a favour, and you take the high horse at the same time; you disappoint him, and you rap him over the knuckles.

It won't do, Mr.Dodd; no friendship can stand that.

You must be as good as your friend, or as bad as your friend, or start on a fresh deal without him." "I don't see it!" said I."You don't know Jim!" "Well, you WILL see," said Nares.

"And now, here's another point.