These young men who belong to the Geographical and the Alpine Club are hardly ever at home.' 'But though they may be sometimes lost to society, they are all the more worthy of society's esteem when they do appear,' said Lady Maulevrier.

'I think there must be an ennobling influence in Alpine travel, or in the vast solitudes of the Dark Continent.

A man finds himself face to face with unsophisticated nature, and with the grandest forces of the universe.

Professor Tyndall writes delightfully of his Alpine experiences; his mind seems to have ripened in the solitude and untainted air of the Alps.

And I believe Lord Hartfield is a young man of very high character and of considerable cultivation, is he not ?' 'He is a splendid young fellow.