I found him well educated, with unusual powers of mind, but infected with misanthropy, and subject to perverse moods of alternate enthusiasm and melancholy.
You say your master is sick. Hasn’t he told you what ails him?”
I should like to understand what it is you are talking about
I must wait until I see the beetle itself, if I am to form any idea of its personal appearance.”
is that any reason for your letting the birds burn
“Ah, if I had only known you were here!