It's quite Napoleonic.

I'd give a good deal to meet him." "And be horribly disappointed," said Juliet.
"Why do you say that ?" "Because lions always are disappointing when they're hunted down.

The ones that roar are quite insufferable, and the ones that don't are just banal." Mrs.Fielding looked at her with interest for the first time.

"You've seen a good deal of life," she remarked.
"Oh, no!" said Juliet lightly.

"But enough to realize that the torch of genius burns best in dark places.