He often cheers me up." The young man so described looked at Lord Warburton and laughed.

"Is it a glowing eulogy or an accusation of levity?
Should you like me to carry out my theories, daddy ?" "By Jove, we should see some queer things!" cried Lord Warburton.
"I hope you haven't taken up that sort of tone," said the old man.
"Warburton's tone is worse than mine; he pretends to be bored.

I'm not in the least bored; I find life only too interesting." "Ah, too interesting; you shouldn't allow it to be that, you know!" "I'm never bored when I come here," said Lord Warburton.

"One gets such uncommonly good talk." "Is that another sort of joke ?" asked the old man.

"You've no excuse for being bored anywhere.