I think, on the whole, he is much relieved, though he expressed polite regret.

It must be rather a bore at sixty to become possessed of a wife, even though she might be able to entertain well and manage people....

It was a ridiculous idea always; I see that now." Lord Bidborough regarded his sister with an amused smile.

"I always did regard the Politician as a fabulous monster.

But tell me, Pam, how long is this to continue?
Are you so enamoured of the simple life that you can go on indefinitely living in Miss Bathgate's parlour and eating stewed steak and duck's eggs ?" Pamela dropped her embroidery-frame, looked at her brother with a puzzled frown, and gave a long sigh.
"Oh, I don't know," she said--"I don't know.