The expenses are considerably reduced, and one or two men are prevented from carrying off nearly all the races ; for though the spirit may be ever so willing, the flesh is weak, and cannot stand more than five or six gruellings in a single day.

‘Did you find them all, Uncle Van?’ she inquired, sighing, laying her dolent head on his shoulder.

[…] Wamba, though so imperfectly weaponed, did not hesitate to rush in and assist the Black Knight to rise.

The sketchy repair job did not look like it would hold.