Now you seem to prefer to be uniformly miserable." "Hardly a case of preference," said Jeffreys; "but I'm not sure that it wouldn't be more miserable to be jolly." "Try it.

You'd give a lot to forget all about everything for an hour, wouldn't you ?" "It would be pleasant." "You can do it." "By dropping asleep ?" "Sleep! That's the time I'm most miserable.

I remember the old days then, and my mother, and--I say, Jeffreys, I was once nearly drowned at Eton.

Just as I was going down for the last time I put up my hand, and a fellow saw it and came in and fished me out.

What a born fool I was to do it! I was grateful to the fellow at the time.