Nesta was of the elect, for whom excuses have not to be made.

She would probably like a flute-player best; because her father played the flute, and she loved him--laughably a little maiden's reason! Her father laughed at her.
Along the street of Clubs, where a bruised fancy may see black balls raining, the narrow way between ducal mansions offers prospect of the sweep of greensward, all but touching up to the sunset to draw it to the dance.
Formerly, in his very early youth, he clasped a dream of gaining way to an alliance with one of these great surrounding houses; and he had a passion for the acquisition of money as a means.

And it has to be confessed, he had sacrificed in youth a slice of his youth, to gain it without labour--usually a costly purchase.

It had ended disastrously: or say, a running of the engine off the rails, and a speedy re-establishment of traffic.

Could it be a loss, that had led to the winning of his Nataly?
Can we really loathe the first of the steps when the one in due sequence, cousin to it, is a blessedness?
If we have been righted to health by a medical draught, we are bound to be respectful to our drug.