That always holds him in check.

I have tried it, and never known it to fail." "Let's tick him off," said Fanny.

"Count Imre Szepkiesdy: that's his name, is it ?"--and she underscored him with her lead pencil, and wrote underneath, "A great and very estimable man!" "Here comes another high and mighty gentleman," resumed the Countess.
"If he had not a title, I don't know that the world would recognize him at all.

_I_ have never been able to discover what qualities he possesses, though I have the privilege of meeting him once a month.

One thing, however, I can label him with: he has a tremendous appetite, and yet is always complaining that he cannot eat.