17/29 What do you say, friend Dunphy? Well, he shan't want a father, at all events; and so long as I have a few shiners to spare, he shan't want the means of supporting his rank as a British officer and gentleman should. Do you hear that, you old dog--eh ?" "It's all the heart of man, Sam," observed his wife, eying him with affectionate admiration. "When the heart's in the right place, nothing will go wrong." Now, nothing gratified Sam so much as to hear his own apothegms honored by repetition. |