My father followed his example in the matter of the deer forest, but that was the climax of his wickedness, whereas it was only the beginning of my grandfather's.

Howbeit, whichever bears the palm, there they were, the types after which we all strive." "Not all, Sidney.

Not we two.

I hate tradespeople and country squires.
We belong to the artistic and cultured classes, and we can keep aloof from shopkeepers." "Living, meanwhile, at the rate of several thousand a year on rent and interest.

No, my dear, this is the way of those people who insist that when they are in heaven they shall be spared the recollection of such a place as hell, but are quite content that it shall exist outside their consciousness.