He was in the Gloucestershire Regiment." "Indeed ?" I answered.

My tone was one of utter unconcern in her cousin's history.

"Miss Wade, will you take Bombay ducks with your curry ?" In public, I thought it wise under the circumstances to abstain from calling her Hilda.

It might lead to misconceptions; people might suppose we were more than fellow-travellers.
"You have had relations in Burma ?" Lady Meadowcroft persisted.
I manifested a desire to discontinue the conversation.

"Yes," I answered, coldly, "my uncle commanded there." "Commanded there! Really! Ivor, do you hear?
Dr.Cumberledge's uncle commanded in Burma." A faint intonation on the word commanded drew unobtrusive attention to its social importance.