They both smiled.
"How the old phrases sort o' slip out, don't they ?" asked the General, squirting.
"They do," said Mr.Ele, taking snuff.
"Well, now, don't you see what kind of man Abel Newt is ?" "I do, indeed," replied Ele.
"I tell you, if you fellows from the city don't look out for yourselves, you'll find him riding upon your shoulders.

He is a smart fellow.

I am very sorry for Watkins Bodley.

Any family ?" "Yes--a good deal," replied Mr.Ele, vaguely.
"Ah indeed! Pity! pity! I suppose, then, that a proper sense of what he owes to his family--eh ?" "Without question.

Oh! certainly." General Belch rose.
"I do not see, then, that we have any thing else that ought to detain you.