"I was thinking of champagne with ice in it. Oh, but it's well this moment that I'm not with it," he said.
"You're wonderful h'awkward to deal with when you're blind," said the Baker.
And Smith nodded.
"It's damned hard lines," said he presently.
"What's 'ard?"
"That my father drank," said Smith.
This took Mandeville aback.
"What!" he cried. "But I thort you said your father was a clergyman?"
Smith nodded.
"There's many a parson doing time," said he.