"High company in a coffee-room won't be familiar with us; low company in a tap-room will." And he certainly proved the truth of his own words.

The like of him for making intimate friends of total strangers at the shortest notice I have never met with before or since.

Cautious as the Scotch are, Mr.Dark seemed to have the knack of twisting them round his finger as he pleased.

He varied his way artfully with different men, but there were three standing opinions of his which he made a point of expressing in all varieties of company while we were in Scotland.

In the first place, he thought the view of Edinburgh from Arthur's Seat the finest in the world.