I will promise to take care of them.' 'I have "The Heartbroken One," by Spratt, you know.

It is very absurd, but full of life from beginning to end.

All that Spratt writes is very lively.' 'I don't think I care for Spratt.

He may be lively, but he's not life-like.' 'And "Michael Bamfold." It is hard work, perhaps but very thoughtful, if you can digest that sort of thing.' 'I hate thought.' 'What do you say to Miss Bouverie's last;--"Ridden to a Standstill;" a little loud, perhaps, but very interesting?
Or "Green Grow the Rushes O," by Mrs.Tremaine?
None of Mrs.Tremaine's people do anything that anybody would do, but they all talk well.' 'I hate novels written by women.

Their girls are so unlovely, and their men such absurdly fine fellows!' 'I have William Coxe's "Lock picked at Last," of which I will defy you to find the secret till you have got to the end of it.' 'I am a great deal too impatient.' 'And Thompson's "Four Marquises." That won't give you any trouble, because you will know it all from the first chapter.' 'And never have a moment of excitement from the beginning to the end.