Listen to me, my old friend.

Lord and Lady Beaumont have just invited you and me to a grand dinner-party this very night, at which Mr Wimpole will be in all his glory.

Well, there is nothing very extraordinary about that.

The extraordinary thing is that we are not going." "Well, really," I said, "it is already six o'clock and I doubt if we could get home and dress.

I see nothing extraordinary in the fact that we are not going." "Don't you ?" said Grant.