"He is of no use to us at all." "No, indeed--only an ornament, and not much of that." "Awfully stupid." "And equally lazy." "We must turn him off." "Let us!" "Still, he has some good points.

He hashes hare very well." "And the lamp-black! He is a very Raphael for that." "Yes, but that's all he is good for.

We lose time arguing with him." "He keeps us from working." "He is the cause of my 'Passage' not being finished in time for the Exhibition.

He wouldn't sit for Pharaoh." "Thanks to him, I couldn't finish my article in time.

He wouldn't go to the public library and hunt up the notes I wanted." "He is ruining us." "Decidedly we can't keep him." "Send him away then! But we must pay him." "That we'll do.