A purely professional cheeriness of manner
A most inexcusable breach of confidence
That sort of thing not only wearies but disgusts sensible men
It is a case of mean yielding in places of responsibility
Such a course is eternally alien to us
No one with any polite breeding can possibly sympathize with——
Too clever by half
I cannot resist taking him down a peg or two
Which is more than a figure of speech
A clumsy attempt