Parkin: I can bring you some logs up later but I've got the cows and that to feed first.

You'll like yourself better for it in the end, and when the next optimistic “Angelina” saunters in fresh from the rails looking for some work, he may benefit from your good conduct.

[…] when any thing was supposed to be upon the tapis worth knowing or listening to, it was the rule to leave the door, not absolutely shut, but somewhat ajar […]

None of the quarrymen were intimate friends of mine. I had a nodding acquaintance with them.