the short and the long of it การใช้

• Well , my sweet , said miss pross , nodding her head emphatically , the short and the long of it is , that i am a subject of his most gracious majesty king george the third ; miss pross curtseyed at the name ; and as such , my maxim is , confound their politics , frustrate their knavish tricks , on him our hopes we fix , god save the king