Under this provocation, Mr. Smallweed's favourite adjective of disparagement is so close to his tongue that he begins the words "my dear friend" with the monosyllable "brim," thus converting the possessive pronoun into brimmy and appearing to have an impediment in his speech. Once past this difficulty, however, he exhorts his dear friend in the tenderest manner not to be rash, but to do what so eminent a gentleman requires, and to do it with a good grace, confident that it must be unobjectionable as well as profitable. Mr. Tulkinghorn merely utters an occasional sentence, as, "You are the best judge of your own interest, sergeant." "Take care you do no harm by this." "Please yourself, please yourself." "If you know what you mean, that's quite enough." These he utters with an appearance of perfect indifference as he looks over the papers on his table and prepares to write a letter.
Mr. George looks distrustfully from the painted ceiling to the ground, from the ground to Mr. Smallweed, from Mr. Smallweed to Mr. Tulkinghorn, and from Mr. Tulkinghorn to the painted ceiling again, often in his perplexity changing the leg on which he rests.

Under this provocation, Mr. Smallweed's favourite adjective is so close to his tongue that he begins the words "my dear friend" with "brim," thus appearing to have an impediment in his speech. Once past this difficulty, however, he exhorts his dear friend not to be rash, but to do what the gentleman requires.
Mr. Tulkinghorn merely says, "You are the best judge of your own interest, sergeant. Take care you do no harm by this." He has an appearance of perfect indifference as he looks over the papers on his table.
Mr. George looks distrustfully from one to the other.
