"Is it then so horrible? If so, I shall feel tempted to 'jump bail'."
"I think you have nothing to fear; but how did you acquire such a knowledge of the law?"
"At one time I had a passion for reading accounts of trials, and I even went with a party to see the Anarchists when they were on trial."
"What a morbid curiosity!"
"Another impertinence."
"If it is so considered, I humbly ask pardon, and meanwhile I move that the court take a recess which shall be employed in instructing me in the intricacies of Chicago society."
"I see you want more material with which to construct characters; if so, we had far better listen to the opera."
"O, bother the opera! It is vulgar to listen to an opera; it shows a lack of conversational powers. Don't you think so?"
"One can easily see that you came from New York, and, like all New York men, I suppose you expect to be pampered."
"Of course I expect it, so please tell me about those people in the opposite boxes. You need not fear to speak the truth, as I am an entire stranger."