I don't altogether like what I hear sometimes about the Fallodens.

Of course Sir Arthur's very rich, but they say he's been speculating enormously, and that he's been losing a good deal of money lately.
However, I don't suppose it matters.

Their place, Flood Castle, is really splendid--old to begin with, and done up! They have copied the Americans and given every room a bathroom.

Absurd extravagance! And think of the plumbing! It was that kind of thing gave the Prince of Wales typhoid.

I hate drains! "Well, anyway, do come and see us.