"You are well-educated, you have address, you have intelligence.

Mrs.Benedek has spoken very highly of you.
But you--oh, no! It would not suit you at all to plunge yourself into commerce, nor would it suit you, I think, to push the affairs of a prosperous German concern.

You are very English, Mr.Norgate, is that not so ?" "Not aggressively," Norgate replied.

"As a matter of fact, I am rather fed up with my own country just now." Mr.Selingman sat quite still in his chair.

Some signs of a change which came to him occasionally were visible in his face.