But what is life?
A bubble that any pin may prick.

Oh! I know that you do not like the subject, but it is as well to look it in the face sometimes.

I'm no church-goer, but if I remember right we were taught to pray the good Lord to deliver us especially 'in all times of our wealth,' which is followed by something about tribulation and sudden death, for when they wrote that prayer the wheel of human fortune went round just as it does to-day.

There, let's get out of this before I grow superstitious, as men who believe in nothing sometimes do, because after all they must believe in something, I suppose.

Got your hat and coat?
So have I, come on," and he switched off the light, so that the room was left in darkness except for the faint glimmering of the fire.
His partner grumbled audibly, for in turning he had knocked his hand against the desk.
"Leave me my only economy, Haswell," he answered with a hard little laugh.