Hot punch is a pleasant thing, gentlemen---an extremely pleasant thing under any circumstances---but in that snug old parlour, before the roaring fire, with the wind blowing outside till every timber in the old house creaked again, Tom Smart found it perfectly delightful.

“You talk very easily of hours, sir! How long do you suppose, sir, that an hour …”

“When ladies as young, and good, and beautiful as you are," replied the girl ste…”

“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a f…”

“I love your daughter fondly, dearly, disninterestedly, devotedly. If ever there…”