Each knew his man, and the business in hand.
All was direct, therefore, and to the point.

Words were not to be wasted without corresponding fruits, though the colloquy began, on the part of Munro, in terms of the most accredited courtesy.
"Well, George Dexter, a pleasant morning to you in your new accommodations.

I see you have learned to make yourself perfectly at home when you visit your neighbors." "Why, thank you, Wat--I generally do, I reckon, as you know of old.

It's not now, I'm inclined to think, that you're to learn the ways of George Dexter.

He's a man, you see, Wat, that never has two ways about him." "That's true, friend George, I must say that for you, were I to have to put it on your tombstone." "It's a long ride to the Atlantic, Wat; and the time is something off yet, I reckon, when my friends will be after measuring me for a six-foot accommodation.