Well, if Lord Buntingford says 'I go, Sir'-- he does go!" "Does he often say it ?" asked Mrs.Friend.And the man beside her noticed the sudden gleam in her quiet little face, that rare or evanescent sprite of laughter or satire that even the dwellers in Lancaster Gate had occasionally noticed.
Mr.Alcott considered.
"Well, no," he said at last.

"I admit he's difficult to catch.

He likes his own ways a great deal better than other people's.

But if you do catch him--if you do persuade him--well, then you can stake your bottom dollar on him.

At least, that's my experience.