"I shall ask the advice of your nephew. He is a very good friend of mine—the best I have outside my own family with one exception—and I shall be guided by what he says."
"I wish I had been able to go to him instead of to my niece and her husband."
"I don't see how they could have treated you so meanly."
"Mary would have treated me better, but she is under the thumb of her husband, and he is as mean a man as I ever encountered."
"Excepting Mr. Lorimer."
"There isn't much choice between them."
"Did he give you a note for the three thousand dollars you lent him?"
"Yes, I have his note—but what is it worth?"
"Keep it and show it to Mr. Packard. He may be able to advise you how to secure it."
"Do you know if Giles has been successful? Has he bettered himself in Colorado?"