"I would like to go, but you know it's impossible." "I don't know," George rejoined in an authoritative voice.

"I'm your elder brother and it's my duty to see you do what you ought.

To begin with, I looked up your doctor and he told me you needed a long rest." "It can't be got.

I must go back to school when the holidays are over." "Wait a bit! None of us is as indispensable as we sometimes think." Agatha felt half amused and half annoyed.

George often made remarks like this and imagined that they clinched his arguments.