I would take him forthwith to Cadogan Gardens.

Lola Brandt and himself would have tastes in common and would fall in love with each other on the spot.
Of course there is the other time-honoured plan which I have not yet tried--to arm myself with diplomacy, call on Madame Brandt, and, working on her feelings, persuade her in the name of the boy's mother and sweetheart to make a noble sacrifice in the good, old-fashioned way.

But this seems such an unhumourous proceeding.

If I am to achieve eumoiriety I may as well do it with some distinction.
"Who doth Time gallop withal ?" asks Orlando.
"With a thief to the gallows," says Rosalind.

It is true.