"Pray, how do you understand ?" "Doors in these old houses are apt to get away from their frames, Captain, and the gentleman there"-- and he pointed to the Professor--"has a voice that carries like a dog-whistle.

Oh, no offence, sir.

A clear voice is an excellent thing--that is, if the doors fit"-- and although Sergeant Quick's wooden face did not move, I saw his humorous grey eyes twinkle beneath the bushy eyebrows.
We burst out laughing, including Higgs.
"So you are willing to go ?" said Orme.

"But I hope you clearly understand that this is a risky business, and that you may not come back ?" "Spion Kop was a bit risky, Captain, and so was that business in the donga, where every one was hit except you and me and the sailor man, but we came back, for all that.

Begging your pardon, Captain, there ain't no such thing as risk.