"But a reassuring sign that a nation knows how to distinguish her valuable men." "Quite!" said Lady Franks.

"I think it is a very great honour to have got it.

The king was most gracious, too-- Now the other.

That goes beside it--the Italian--" Sir William stood there undergoing the operation of the pinning-on.

The Italian star being somewhat smaller than the British, there was a slight question as to where exactly it should be placed.