An old family _is_ an old family; it's sad to see their hearths and homes sold to wealthy manufacturers who don't know who their own grandfathers were.

Would you allow me to ask what is the family motto of the Goldenhearts ?" Shall I own the truth?
The bottles circulated freely at Mr.Farnaby's table--I began to wonder whether he was quite sober.

I said I was sorry to disappoint him, but I really did not know what my family motto was.
He was unaffectedly shocked.

"I think I saw a ring on your finger," he said, as soon as he recovered himself.

He lifted my left hand in his own cold-fishy paw.