... even, for example, rhetorically speaking, a low-life, shyster lawyer who ... apparently is only qualified to be a professional asshole ...
... would you be interested in the story behind that? ... No, to you it's just someone who "has problems" ...
... we've all got problems, mister ... and we've all made mistakes ...
... i don't flatter myself ... don't think you're going to sit sobbing after reading this letter, castigating yourself for your errant ways ... a modern [the dickens guy] finally shaken by ... ghost ... but i do hope ... maybe 20 years from now you'll be ...