"One cannot quite consider just now what one likes oneself." "Why not ?" "You would hardly go to a small place like Matching in your present position.

There are so many people whom you should entertain! You would probably have two or three of the foreign ministers down for a time." "We always used to find plenty of room at Matching." "But you did not always use to be Prime Minister.

It is only for such a time as this that such a house as Gatherum is serviceable." He was silent for a moment, thinking about it, and then gave way without another word.

She was probably right.

There was the huge pile of magnificent buildings; and somebody, at any rate, had thought that it behoved a Duke of Omnium to live in such a palace.