... a lawyer too and a pretty sharp one—/arcades ambo/," said Johnnie with a coarse laugh; "and I tell you what it is, Edith, it ain't good enough to cart a fellow down in this howling wilderness and then send him away without a drink; lend us another fiver at any rate. It ain't ... — Colonel Quaritch, V.C. - A Tale of Country Life • H. Rider Haggard