"Of course, Mr. Hemstead, you will enter upon this expedition with great zeal, as it will be to the advantage of one of your fraternity."
"I think, with Mr. Harcourt, that the ride will be the best part of it."
"O, for shame! Can it be true that two of even your trade can never agree?"
"Long ages of controversy prove that," said Harcourt.
"I think your profession has done more to keep the world in hot water than ours, Mr. Harcourt."
"We at least agree among ourselves."
"All the worse, perhaps, for the world."
"That's rather severe if you refer to the proverb, 'When rogues fall out, honest men get their dues,'" said Lottie.
"I supposed we were talking in jest; I was."
"You evidently belong to the church militant, since you strike back so hard even in jest," said Harcourt. "Very well, since you are so able to take care of yourself I shall have no compunctions in regard to your fate."