He has a great eye for detail, too; it seemed to him worth while to assure you even, my dear Michael, of his regard and affection for England.

He was always impressing on Tony the same thing, though to him, of course, he said that if there was any country nearer to his heart than England it was America.

Stuff and nonsense, my dear!" All this, though struck in a more serious key than was usual with Aunt Barbara, was quite characteristic of her.

She had the quality of mind which when occupied with one idea is occupied with it to the exclusion of all others; she worked at full power over anything she took up.

But now she dismissed it altogether.
"You see what a diplomatist I have become," she said.