We're always anxious to get new blood"; and his eyes searched Shelton's brown, rather tough-looking face, as though trying to see how much blood there was in it.

"Young Curly says you 've just been around the world; you could describe your travels." "May I ask," said Shelton, "how your club is made up ?" Again a look of complacency, and blessed assuagement, visited the little man.
"Oh," he said, "we take anybody, unless there 's anything against them.
The Day Society sees to that.

Of course, we shouldn't take anyone if they were to report against them.

You ought to come to our committee meetings; they're on Mondays at seven.

The women's side, too--" "Thank you," said Shelton; "you 're very kind--" "We should be pleased," said the little man; and his face seemed to suffer more than ever.