It's the cant of the day," cried Sir Patrick, relapsing again, "to take these physically-wholesome men for granted as being morally-wholesome men into the bargain.

Time will show whether the cant of the day is right .-- So you are actually coming back to Lady Lundie's after a mere flying visit to your own property?
I repeat, that is a most extraordinary proceeding on the part of a landed gentleman like you.

What's the attraction here--eh ?" Before Arnold could reply Blanche called to him from the lawn.

His color rose, and he turned eagerly to go out.

Sir Patrick nodded his head with the air of a man who had been answered to his own entire satisfaction.
"Oh!" he said, "_that's_ the attraction, is it ?" Arnold's life at sea had left him singularly ignorant of the ways of the world on shore.