His silence gave Tyson no chance; it left too much to the imagination.
"Have you any objection ?" "Well, isn't the lady a little young for a fine old country gentleman like yourself ?" Tyson's small blue eyes twinkled, for he prided himself on being able to take a joke at his own expense.

Still it was not exactly kind of Stanistreet to remind him of his mushroom growth.
"Come," said Stanistreet, "you are a gentleman, you know.

At any rate, you're about the only fellow in these parts who can stand a frock-coat and topper--that's the test.

I saw Morley, your big man, going into church yesterday, and he looked as if he'd just sneaked out of the City on a 'bus.

But you always knew how to dress yourself.