So your Swiss journey went off pleasantly ?" "Yes; it went off very pleasantly." This she said in that tone of voice which clearly implies that the speaker is not thinking of the words spoken.
"And Kate has now left you ?" "Yes; she is with her aunt, at the seaside." "So I understand;--and your cousin George ?" "I never know much of George's movements.

He may be in Town, but I have not seen him since I came back." "Ah! that is the way with friends living in London.

Unless circumstances bring them together, they are in fact further apart than if they lived fifty miles asunder in the country.

And he managed to get through all the trouble without losing your luggage for you very often ?" "If you were to say that we did not lose his, that would be nearer the mark.

But, John, you have come up to London in this sudden way to speak to me about my letter to you.