"He must have had some reason for being so decent to you." "Yes, as regards the management of his affairs perhaps," Brooks answered.

"But why he should ask me here, and treat me as though I were his social equal and all that sort of thing--well, you know that is a puzzle, isn't it ?" "Well, I don't know," she answered.

"Lord Arranmore is not exactly the man to be a slave to, or even to respect, the conventional, and your being--what you are, naturally makes you a pleasant companion to him--and his guests.

No, I don't think that it is strange." "You are very flattering," he said, smiling.
"Not in the least," she assured him.

"Now-a-days birth seems to be rather a handicap than otherwise to the making of the right sort of people.