I treated him outrageously!" "Mary!" "That's what flattered him.

After dinner he made the whole regiment of us follow him all over the house, while he lectured like a guide on the Palatine.

He gave dimensions and costs, and the whole b'ilin' of 'em listened as if they thought he intended to make them a present of the house.

What he was proudest of was the plumbing and that Bay of Naples panorama in the hall.

He made us look at all the plumbing--bath-rooms and everywhere else--and then he made us look at the Bay of Naples.