Money, says the proverb, makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more.

Please, sir, I want some more.

It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travellers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning.

Her heart-is given him, with all its love and truth. She would joyfully die with him, or, better than that, die for him. She knows he has failings, but she thinks they have grown up through his being like one cast away, for the want of something to trust in, and care for, and think well of.

Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.

The day was made for laziness, and lying on one's back in green places, and staring at the sky till its brightness forced one to shut one's eyes and go to sleep.

My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.