One has only to hear him pipe in time of peace to imagine what a terror he might become in war time.

Indeed, anything more deadly and soul-harrowing than that love song he sang for us last night I cannot conceive.

But really, Kate, I am not afraid to stay alone.

You know what John says: we ought to be always prepared for anything that might happen.
"My dear Josie," returned Kate, putting her arm around her sister's waist, "I am perfectly convinced that if three-fingered Jack, or two-toed Bill, or even Joaquim Murietta himself, should step, red-handed, on that veranda, you would gently invite him to take a cup of tea, inquire about the state of the road, and refrain delicately from any allusions to the sheriff.

But I shan't take Manuel from you.
I really cannot undertake to look after his morals at the station, and keep him from drinking aguardiente with suspicious characters at the bar.