Isn't it glorious here?
Quite like the old hill.

Look at that lizard; he hasn't moved since he first saw me.

Do you remember the one who used to steal our sugar, and then stiffen himself into stone on the edge of the bowl until he looked like an ornamental handle to it ?" he continued, rebounding again into spirits.
"Barker," said Demorest abruptly, "what sort of woman is this Mrs.Van Loo, whose rooms I occupy ?" "Oh," said Barker, with optimistic innocence, "a most proper woman, old chap.

White-haired, well-dressed, with a little foreign accent and a still more foreign courtesy.

Why, you don't suppose we'd"-- "But what is she like ?" said Demorest impatiently.
"Well," said Barker thoughtfully, "she's the kind of woman who might be Van Loo's mother, I suppose." "You mean the mother of a forger and a swindler ?" asked Demorest sharply.
"There are no mothers of swindlers and forgers," said Barker gravely, "in the way you mean.