Were you very much carried away ?" "I certainly was not," said Austin, "though I was immensely interested.

It gave me a lot to think about, as I told Mr Buskin himself when I went to see him for a few minutes behind the scenes.
You know I happened to meet him a few days ago, and he asked me to--it really was most kind of him.

By the way, he was just on his way to call upon you at the Court." "Well--and now tell me what you thought of it all.

What impressed you most about the whole affair ?" "I think," said Austin, speaking very slowly, as though weighing every word, "that the general impression made upon me was that of utter unreality.

I cannot conceive of anything more essentially artificial.
The music was pretty, the scenery was very fine, and the costumes were dazzling enough--from a distance; but when you've said that you've said everything.