Anything for a quiet life; as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

“With a weary and yet a pleased smile, and with an action as if he stretched his…”

“Couldn't something temporary be done with a teapot?”

“If a man would commit an inexpiable offence against any society, large or small…”

“Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast somethin…”