But I never cared myself for anything but natural history and botany and things like that.

My poor parents have been dead some years now, but--naturally I like to respect their wishes.

And I thought somehow that an arboreal villa agency was a sort of--of compromise between being a botanist and being a house-agent." Rupert could not help laughing.

"Do you have much custom ?" he asked.
"N-not much," replied Mr Montmorency, and then he glanced at Keith, who was (I am convinced) his only client.

"But what there is--very select." "My dear friends," said Basil, puffing his cigar, "always remember two facts.