"If you saw a man drowning then, instead of trying to save him you would subscribe towards a fund to teach people to swim ?" "That is ingenious," Lord Arranmore replied, smiling grimly, "but it doesn't interest me.

If I saw a man drowning I shouldn't think of interfering unless the loss of that man brought inconvenience or loss to myself.

If it did I should endeavour to save him--not unless.

As for the fund you speak of, I should not think of subscribing to it.

It would not interest me to know that other people were provided with a safeguard against drowning.