Ever read Thucydides ?" "No, sir." "He's a nigger.

He floored me at Brasenose: but I bear the old cock no malice.

Now you wouldn't think I was a University man, eh ?" "No, sir." I had not the least notion of his meaning.
"I am, though; and, what's more, I'm a Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Cornwall.

Ever heard of Jack Rogers of Brynn ?" Once more I had to answer "No, sir." "Then, excuse me, but where in thunder do you come from ?" He halted and confronted me in the path.

This was a facer, for the words "Justice of the Peace" had already set me quaking.
"If you please, sir, I'd rather not tell." "No, I dare say not," he replied magisterially.