'Homme incomparable!' On the whole I find Menage rather dull.

The Countess?
what an accomplished liar that woman is! She seems to have stepped out of Tallemant's Gallery.

Concerning the Countess, I suppose you had better apply to Melville.' 'Where the deuce did this young Harrington get his breeding from ?' 'He comes of a notable sire.' 'Yes, but there's no sign of the snob in him.' 'And I exonerate him from the charge of "adventuring" after Rose.

George Uplift tells me--I had him in just now--that the mother is a woman of mark and strong principle.

She has probably corrected the too luxuriant nature of Mel in her offspring.