I can't become all those things now." "And yet you do want to marry the lady ?" "My dear Essington, I can't afford to lose such a chance! One doesn't get a Miss Maddison every day.

She's a deuced handsome girl too, they say." "By Gad, it's worth a trip across the Atlantic to try your luck," said Essington.

"Get 'em to guarantee your expenses and you'll at least learn to play poker and see Niagara for nothing." "They aren't in America.

They've got a salmon river in Scotland, and they are there now.

It's not far from my place, Hechnahoul." "She's practically in your arms, then ?" "Ach.