"We don't despise the Eclectics," said he.

And--"We prefer the Lombardic architecture to the purely Venetian," said Doria.

And "we" found good in Italian wines and "we" found nothing but hideousness in Murano glass.

They were, therefore, in perfect accord over decoration and furnishing.

The only difference I could see between them was that Adrian loved to wallow in the comfort of a club or another person's house, but insisted on elegant austerity in his own home, whereas Doria loved elegant austerity everywhere.