I'd be pleased to accompany you, only I've got to go round and see our Ambassador--I've got a little business with him.

I daresay you know that one of our man-of-war ships is lying right down here in the Seine river.

Well, the captain is giving a reception to-morrow in honour of the Russian Admiral who happens to be there, too.

I've got ladies with me and I wrote for four tickets.

Did I get the four tickets--or two of them--or one?
No, sir, I got a letter in the third person singular saying it wasn't a public entertainment! I wrote back to say I guessed it was an American entertainment, and he could expect me, all the same.