For there is nothing more provoking than the Irrelevant when it has ceased to amuse and charm; and then the danger would be of the subjugated masculinity in its exasperation, making some brusque, unguarded movement and accidentally putting its elbow through the fine tissue of the world of which I speak.

And that would be fatal to it.

For nothing looks more irretrievably deplorable than fine tissue which has been damaged.

The women themselves would be the first to become disgusted with their own creation.
There was something of women's highly practical sanity and also of their irrelevancy in the conduct of Miss de Barral's amazing governess.

It appeared from Fyne's narrative that the day before the first rumble of the cataclysm the questionable young man arrived unexpectedly in Brighton to stay with his "Aunt." To all outward appearance everything was going on normally; the fellow went out riding with the girl in the afternoon as he often used to do--a sight which never failed to fill Mrs.Fyne with indignation.