I did not say that none could be found as good.

My dear Runacles, you tossed the dice out of the window and flounced off in a huff.

As they had been borrowed, and without their owner's consent, I thought fit to step across the street and pick them up.

They were lying not a yard apart in the gutter.

You were wrong, captain, in not giving them a look." "Why ?" "_Simply because, as they lay, two sixes were uppermost._" The two captains stared at him.
"I give you my word," he said quietly.
"My dear Jack--" "That settles it, Jemmy." They took each other's hand.
"But excuse me," said Dr.Beckerleg, "this is not what I came to tell you.