And he says "think you" for "thank you," and he sings--oh, to hear him sing! I can't bear the man.' The matter of this conversation Emmeline reported to her husband at night, and they agreed in the hope that neither Mr.Cobb nor Mr.
Bowling would make an appearance at "Runnymede." Mumford opined that these individuals were "cads." Small wonder, he said, that the girl wished to enter a new social sphere.

His wife, on the other hand, had a suspicion that Miss Derrick would not be content to see the last of Mr.Cobb.He, the electrical engineer, or whatever he was, could hardly be such a ruffian as the girl depicted.

His words, 'You have neither heart nor brains,' seemed to indicate anything but a coarse mind.
'But what a bad-tempered lot they are!' Mumford observed.

'I suppose people of that sort quarrel and abuse each other merely to pass the time.

They seem to be just one degree above the roughs who come to blows and get into the police court.