Cubitte is my name, spelt with two 't's' and an 'e,' please, and don't you forget that, since that 'e' has been a point of honour with our family for a hundred years, the Lord knows why.

Well, there we are.

Do you smoke ?" "Only a pipe," said Godfrey.
"That's right; I hate those accursed cigarettes, still they are better than nothing.

Now sit down and tell me all about yourself." Godfrey obeyed, and somehow feeling at ease with this choleric old General, in the course of the next twenty minutes explained many things to him, including the cause of his appearance in that office.
"So you don't want to be a parson," said the General, "and with your father's example before your eyes, I am sure I don't wonder.

However, you are independent of him more or less, and had better cut out a line for yourself.