Some hold that Fate is wise.

She is not so yet, but she cannot fail to acquire wisdom some day, because she experiments so industriously.

She is ever bringing about new combinations, and one can only trust that she, the experimenter, is as keenly disappointed in the result as are we, the experimented.
To Jack Meredith Victor Durnovo conveyed the impression of little surprise and a slight local interest.

He was a man who was not quite a gentleman; but for himself Jack did not give great heed to this.

He had associated with many such; for, as has been previously intimated, he had moved in London society, where there are many men who are not quite gentlemen.