Had any amount of inquiry been necessary, it is possible that the labour would have been too much for him.

Such was Mr.Robert Kennedy, as to whom Phineas had heard that he had during the last winter entertained Lord Brentford and Lady Laura, with very many other people of note, at his place in Perthshire.
"I very much prefer the monkey," said Phineas to Miss Fitzgibbon.
"I thought you would," said she.

"Like to like, you know.

You have both of you the same aptitude for climbing.

But the monkeys never fall, they tell me." Phineas, knowing that he could gain nothing by sparring with Miss Fitzgibbon, raised his hat and took his leave.