"I tendered my resignation because I could not see eye to eye with his lordship in his desire to dine in dress trousers, and a flannel shirt, and a shooting coat." Chap. 1, p. 13

"The poor chap gave one of those mirthless laughs. He was looking anxious and worried, like a man who has done the murder all right but can't think what the deuce to do with the body." Chap. 2, p. 42

"At any rate, when I took the liberty of wagering him fifty dollars that he would not punch a passing policeman in the eye, he accepted the bet very cordially and won it." Chap. 3, p. 83

"'I tell you Bertie, I've examined the darned cloud with a microscope, and if it's got a silver lining it's some little dissembler.'" Chap. 5, p.128

"It was her surname I'd forgotten. So I gave it up and went to Canada." Chap...