What right has such a being to bring children into the world?
What can be expected of them but meanness and hypocrisy ?" Mr.Lashmar smiled.

He had just broken an imperfect tooth upon a piece of toast, and, as usual when irritated, his temper became ironic.
"Sweet are the uses of disappointment," he observed.

"How it clears one's vision!" "Do you suppose I ever had any better opinion of Lady Susan ?" exclaimed his wife.
It was a principle of Mr.Lashmar's never to argue with a woman.

Sadly smiling, he rose from the table.
"Here's an article you ought to read," he said, holding out the weekly paper.

"It's fall of truth, well expressed.