I had great trouble to get it to lie down, even when it was wet; and it will certainly have a tendency to stick up, for a long time.
"The dress has made a good deal of alteration in you, too." "They are very good clothes," Meinik said.

"I have never had such good ones on before.

I have had money enough to buy them; but people would have asked where I got it from, and it never does to make a show of being better off than one's neighbour.

A man is sure to be fleeced, if he does.
"What can I do for my lord ?" "Nothing, at present, Meinik.

I am going to lunch with the officers here, and to dine with the general, and sleep here.