You belong to the Ruskin school; and I--well, perhaps my experience has been unusual, though I don't think so.

You know, by-the-bye, that my relatives consider me a blackguard ?' 'That affair you told me about some years ago ?' 'Chiefly that.

I have a good mind to tell you the true story; I didn't care to at the time.

I accepted the charge of black-guardism; it didn't matter much.

My cousin will never forgive me, though she has an air of friendliness once more.