One must do these things with an air.

He stuffed my pockets with notes and gold--there has never been any one so all over money as I am at this particular minute--and then I gave him an order for half-a-dozen suits straight away." "Good God!" I cried aghast.

"I've never had six suits of clothes at a time since I was born." "And more shame for you.

Look!" said he, drawing my wife's attention to my comfortable but old and deliberately unfashionable raiment.

"I love you, my dear Barbara, but you are to blame." "Hilary," said my wife, "the next time you go to town you'll order half-a-dozen suits and I'll come with you to see you do it.