The fit _is_ over; and if ever I can be wise, I have entered on wisdom now.

But talk of this no more." "I will not," said Saville, whose unerring tact had reached just the point where to stop, and who had led Godolphin through just that vein of conversation, half sentimentalising, half sensible, all profligate, which seldom fails to win the ear of a man both of imagination and of the world.

"I will not; and, to vary the topic, I will turn egoist, and tell you _my_ adventures." With this, Saville began a light and amusing recital of his various and singular life for the last three years.

Anecdote, jest, maxim, remark, interspersed, gave a zest and piquancy to the narration.

An accomplished roue always affects to moralise; it is a part of his character.