"I am perfectly aware, Mr. Vholes," says Richard, more familiarly and good-humouredly, "that you are the most reliable fellow in the world and that to have to do with you is to have to do with a man of business who is not to be hoodwinked. 
"I am perfectly aware, Mr. Vholes," says Richard, more good-humouredly, "that you are the most reliable fellow in the world. 