“That,” he rejoined, “is a way we Americans have. We cannot stop to palaver. What would become of our manifest destiny?”

the hostelry trade

With that patronage in jeopardy, matters must be doubly anxietous with accusations of treason hanging over his head.

Giving the wench the once-over as she entered, I found myself well able to understand why Bobbie on observing her entangled with [her fiancé] had exploded with so loud a report.