"Excellent people they were, friend Benett, in every sense of the word."
"From what I can learn through the papers they are certainly very much to be pitied."
"Unquestionably, Mr. Benett. I have never known misfortune to pursue persons so relentlessly."
"It seems so, indeed, professor; for right after the loss of the 'Viking' came that miserable Sandgoist affair."
"True, Mr. Benett."
"Still, Mr. Hogg, I think Hulda Hansen did right to give up the ticket under the circumstances."
"Indeed! and why, if you please?"
"Because it is better to secure fifteen thousand marks than to run a very great risk of gaining nothing at all."
"You talk like the practical business man and merchant that you are; but if you choose to look at the matter from another point of view, it becomes a matter of sentiment, and money exerts very little influence in such cases."
"Of course, Mr. Hogg, but permit me to remark that it is more than likely that your protégée has profited greatly by the exchange."