But what he finished sharply with was: "Shut the door quietly after you." And I did shut it quietly--you bet.

Quick and quiet.

The indomitable spirit of that chap impressed me.

I wonder sometimes whether he has succeeded in writing himself into liberty and a pension at last, or had to go out of his gas-lighted grave straight into that other dark one where nobody would want to intrude.

My humanity was pleased to discover he had so much kick left in him, but I was not comforted in the least.