"I am to have it," Joe repeated.
"Oh, I didn't know.

You are to have it, then?
Oh!" If Mr.James had been ten years younger, I think he would have burst into tears.

But at the age of forty weeping no longer presents itself as a form of relief.

It is more usual to seek consolation in a swear.
He stammered, however, while he turned pale, and then red, and then pale again.
"Yes, quite proper, Mr.Joseph, I'm sure, and a most beautiful business may be made again here by one who understands the way.

Oh, you are a lucky man, Mr.Joseph.You are indeed, sir, to get such a noble chance." "The shop," Joe went on, "was settled--settled upon me, long ago." The verb "to settle" is capable of conveying large and vague impressions.
"But after all, what's the good of this place to a sailor ?" "The good--the good of this place ?" Mr.James's cheek flushed.