“You may believe yourself equal even to that; but it’s not so easy as it sounds. There is an art in not being quite honest. However, that’s a detail.”
“I humbly venture so to judge it.”
“The main thing is to get returned.”
“The main thing is, as you say, to get the money.”
“The money?”
“Perhaps I should have said the woman.”
“The woman? the money? Ah, that brings us round again in the same circle that we traversed yesterday, and the day before. I begin to perceive.”
“I had hope that you would—in time.”
“I shouldn’t wonder if we heard the Banshee after dark,” said the Third.
“You are facing things boldly, my dear Harold,” said Edmund.