And who else is there?
Anybody?
Michael ?" "Michael comes this evening." "I am glad; I am particularly fond of Michael.

Also he will play to us after dinner, and though I don't know one note from another, it will relieve me of sitting in a stately circle watching Robert cheat at patience.

I always find the evenings here rather trying; they remind me of being in church.

I feel as if I were part of a corporate body, which leads to misplaced decorum.

Ah! there is the sound of Tony's retreating motor; his strategic movement has come off.