If he gave us a box, of course he would make a point of looking in during the evening, and then telling his friends that it was Lady Honoria Bingham he was speaking to--that is the exchange.

I want to go to the theatre; he wants to get into good society--there you have the thing in a nutshell.

It is done every day.

The fact of the matter is, Geoffrey," she went on, looking very much as though she were about to burst into a flood of angry tears, "as I said just now, beggars cannot be choosers--I cannot live like the wife of a banker's clerk.

I must have _some_ amusement, and _some_ comfort, before I become an old woman.