Evidently he plumed himself, on his experience and the faculty for judging it had brought him.
'Now, I'd just as soon have asked my sister-in-law to come to Paris with me for a fortnight as Finola.

You don't know Mrs.James Quinn, I think.
That's a pity.

She's the most domesticated and virtuous _haus-frau_ in the world.' He paused, and then asked Hyacinth, 'Why are you doing it ?' Again Hyacinth was reduced by sheer surprise to a futility.
'Doing what ?' 'Oh, going out to fight for the Boers.

Now, don't, like a good fellow, say you're acting on principle.

It's all well enough to give Finola credit for that kind of thing.