looked

these words

so

evidently that we think it right to let them stand as

they are written. If he could have finished the sentence,

he would certainly have said, "Go on with that game

over again, old boy; it's quite to my taste--the jolliest

thing in life, I assure you!" At least, if we may not

positively assert that he would have said that, no one

else can absolutely affirm that he wouldn't.