As I live and breathe, Thomas, you will not flourish unless you are part of our brotherhood. I swear that on all the saints.

The others missed the water, and I rejoined them in the long sandbelt, which extended beyond where we halted.

You look too high and mighty; customers would think you were looking down your nose at them.

The strong, earnest quartz reefer, carrying with him a well-filled swag, and enough money to hold on and try his luck in a systematic manner - a well-dressed and respectable man.