She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.

Fog and hypocrisy - that is to say, shadow, convention, decency - these were the very things that lent to London its poetry and romance.

A butler in an English household should, however, be English, and as much like an archbishop as possible.

She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.

She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.

As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.

envy, as a rule, is of success rather than of merit. No one would have objected to his talent deserving recognition - only to his getting it.