"I am going out on important business."
"Yessur."
"I shan't be back for the best part of an hour."
"Yessur."
"If this lady cares to, she will wait till my return."
"Yessur."
Mr Napper dismissed Vincent and then turned to Mavis.
"If I may say so, I can see by your face that you're fond of literature," he said.
"I like reading."
"Law and music is my 'obby, as you might say. The higher literature is my intellect."