Wouldn't it be a little hard, if he had never--?
He thought not.

The first thing he should do would be to get some decent hunters.
Hunters were all very well, but had he no hobbies?
No, he had not; the _bona fide_ country gentleman never had hobbies.

They were kept by amateur gentlemen retired from business to the suburbs.

Here Sir Peter observed that talking of hobbies, old Mr.Tyson had a perfect--er--mania for orchids; he spent the best part of his life in his greenhouse.

Mr.
Nevill Tyson thought he would rather spend his in Calcutta at once.
A dark lean man who had arrived with Tyson was seen to smile frequently during the above dialogue.