I've heard him talk in the queerest way; he once said to me: 'My dear fellow, never let your poor wife know what you're thinking of! But I didn't follow his advice; not I! An eccentric man! He would say to Phil: 'Whether you live like a gentleman or not, my boy, be sure you die like one! and he had himself embalmed in a frock coat suit, with a satin cravat and a diamond pin.
Oh, quite an original, I can assure you!" Of Bosinney himself Baynes would speak warmly, with a certain compassion: "He's got a streak of his father's Byronism.

Why, look at the way he threw up his chances when he left my office; going off like that for six months with a knapsack, and all for what ?--to study foreign architecture--foreign! What could he expect?
And there he is--a clever young fellow--doesn't make his hundred a year! Now this engagement is the best thing that could have happened--keep him steady; he's one of those that go to bed all day and stay up all night, simply because they've no method; but no vice about him--not an ounce of vice.

Old Forsyte's a rich man!" Mr.Baynes made himself extremely pleasant to June, who frequently visited his house in Lowndes Square at this period.
"This house of your cousin's--what a capital man of business--is the very thing for Philip," he would say to her; "you mustn't expect to see too much of him just now, my dear young lady.

The good cause--the good cause! The young man must make his way.

When I was his age I was at work day and night.