He said that it was one of the mysteries of the polite world how he had kept out of the Divorce Court." "Sounds an odd type," said Mr.Flexen, storing up the information, and marking how little it agreed with his own observation of Colonel Grey.
"And you say that Lady Loudwater is interesting too ?" "Oh, come! Are you pumping me or merely pulling my leg ?" said Mr.Manley.
"Surely you can see that Lady Loudwater is pure Italian Renaissance.

She is one of those subtle, mysterious creatures that Leonardo and Luini were always painting, compact of emotion." "It's so long since I was at Balliol, and then I was doing Indian Civil work--the languages, you know.

I've forgotten all I knew about the Renaissance in Italy, and I don't look at many pictures.

All the same, I think you're wrong--your dramatic imagination, you know.

My own idea is that Lady Loudwater, at any rate, is a quite simple creature." "It isn't mine," said Mr.Manley firmly.