I am sure that years ago I should have laughed at any one who had told me that I, Georgina Croxton, should ever belong to such a thing as a secret society, even though it had some connection with so harmless and excellent an organisation as the Primrose League." "It does seem remarkable," Lucille murmured.
"But look what terrible times have come upon us," the Duchess continued, without heeding the interruption.

"When I was a girl a Radical was a person absolutely without consideration.

Now all our great cities are hot-beds of Socialism and--and anarchism.

The whole country seems banded together against the aristocracy and the landowners.

Combination amongst us became absolutely necessary in some shape or form.