"In what way ?" "Before this election you were a personage.

I've never run across you because we've been abroad so much, you know--my husband has a depraved taste for governing places--but a year or two ago we were asked to the Chudleys, and you were held out as an inducement." "Good Lord!" said Paul, astonished.
"And now, of course, you're the most-discussed young man in London.

Is he damned or isn't he?
You know what I refer to." "Well, am I ?' he asked pleasantly.
"I'm glad to see you take it like that.

It's not the way of the little people.

Personally, I've stuck up for you, not knowing in the least who you were.