Whatever individual you are dealing with, you should endeavor to understand his original group.

In moments of great excitement when all acquired control is in abeyance the individual always returns to the natural action of his group." "How interesting!" said Lady Ethelrida.

"Let us look round the table and decide to what particular group each one of us belongs." "Most of you are from the same group," he said meditatively.
"Eliminating myself and my niece, Sir James Danvers has perhaps had the most intermixtures." "Yes," said Lady Ethelrida, and she laughed.

"Jimmy's grandmother was the daughter of a very rich Manchester cotton spinner; that is what gives him his sound common sense.

I am afraid Tristram and the rest of us except Lord Coltshurst have not had anything sensible like that in us for hundreds of years, so what would be your speculation as to the action of our group ?" "That you would have high courage and fine senses, and highly-strung, nervous force, and chivalry and good taste, and broad and noble aims in the higher half and that in the lower portion you would run to the decadence of all those things--the fine turned to vices--yet even so I would not look for vulgarity, or bad taste, or cowardice in any of you." "No," said Lady Ethelrida--"I hope not.