Besides, Carry is the only person who can keep Gus in a good humour when we have bores in the house.

Have you noticed that ALL the husbands like her?
All, I mean, except her own.

It's rather clever of her to have made a specialty of devoting herself to dull people--the field is such a large one, and she has it practically to herself.

She finds compensations, no doubt--I know she borrows money of Gus--but then I'd PAY her to keep him in a good humour, so I can't complain, after all." Mrs.Trenor paused to enjoy the spectacle of Miss Bart's efforts to unravel her tangled correspondence.
"But it is only the Wetheralls and Carry," she resumed, with a fresh note of lament.

"The truth is, I'm awfully disappointed in Lady Cressida Raith." "Disappointed?
Had you known her before ?" "Mercy, no--never saw her till yesterday.