"If you were feeling as I'd like you to feel you'd be feeling very much worse."
"That's frank! A nice thing for a wife to say to her husband! I believe you're capable of anything."
"I am--I always have been--and I always shall be, you bear that constantly in mind. Why can't you say what you want? If it is prussic acid to use upon yourself I'll give you money enough to buy a barrelful."
The expression of Mr. Lamb's countenance was sullen, so also was the tone of his voice, which perhaps on the whole was not to be wondered at.
"I want to go to the Riviera."
"That means Monte Carlo. Well go--at once--and never come back again."
"If you'll give me the coin I'll start in a jiffy."
"How much do you want?"
"I daresay I could manage with a thousand. I've hit upon a system."
"You've hit upon a system!"