Others, again, were timorous or cunning.

All were ignorant, and many had received no education at all.

For there are many ignorant people who have been highly educated, Marquis." He gave a short laugh and lighted a cigarette.
"Mind," he continued, after a pause devoted to reflection which appeared to be neither deep nor painful, for he smiled as he gazed across the hazy marshes, "mind, I am no enthusiast, as you yourself have observed.
I plead no cause.

She was not my Queen, Marquis, and France is not my country.

I endeavour to look at the matter with the eye of common-sense and wisdom.