Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.
Dumb as a drum vith a hole in it, sir.
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
Don't you think that any secret course is an unworthy one?
A commission of haberdashers could alone have reported what the rest of her poor dress was made of, but it had a strong general resemblance to seaweed, with here and there a gigantic tea-leaf. Her shawl looked particularly like a tea-leaf after long infusion.
It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down.