I--" "Sit down, can't you?
Don't stand up there like a lighthouse, shuttin' out the whole broadside of the room.

You are the BIGGEST thing!" Captain Hammond selected the most substantial chair in the apartment and sat down upon it.

He looked at his friend and shook his head.
"No use, Keziah," he said.

"If I was as deep down in the blues as the bottom of the Whale Deep, a look at that face of yours would pull me to the top again.

You're a good woman!" "Thanks! When I have spare time on my hands I'll practice tryin' to believe that.