We all agree that to send him away would be unkind." "He has gone, sir." "Gone ?" exclaimed Sir Chichester testily.

"God bless my soul! Did he seem disappointed, Harper ?" "Not so much disappointed, sir, as, if I may utilise a vulgarism, struck of all a heap, sir." "That will do, Harper," said Millie Splay, and Harper again retired.
"Struck all of a heap!" said Sir Chichester sadly.

"Well he might be!" He looked up and caught Harry's eye.

"They say, Luttrell, that breaking a habit is only distressing during the first few days.

With each refusal of the mind to yield, the temptation diminishes in strength.