"She must be a holy terror." "They call it force of character when she's within thirty miles of them," said Sir Tancred drily; and then he went on with more emphasis: "But the banker streak comes out in her; she thinks too much of money.
She doesn't understand that money's a thing you spend on things that amuse you; she's always making shows with it--dull shows.

So it was part of her scheme for the glory of Beauleigh, that if billions couldn't be got, I was to marry millions.

You can imagine her fury when she learned that I was married to Pamela." "I can that," said Lord Crosland.
"She got me back to Beauleigh, on some rotten pretence of legal business about mortgages; and made a descent on Mr.Vane.

You know that he was as decent a soul as ever lived, and as sensitive.

I'm afraid that there was a lot of Stryke & Wigram in that interview--you know, talk about having entrapped me into marriage with his daughter--the last man in the world to dream of it.