I hope he is steady." "I scarcely know what a lady's notion of steadiness may involve," Gilbert answered, smiling; "but I daresay when my friend marries he will be steady enough.

I cannot see that literary tastes and dissipated habits have any natural affinity.

I should rather imagine that a man with resources of that kind would be likely to lead a quieter life than a man without such resources." "Do you really think so?
I fancied that artists and poets and people of that kind were altogether a dangerous class.

And you think that Mr.
Saltram will be steady when he is married?
He is engaged to be married, I conclude by your manner of saying that." "I had no idea my words implied anything of the kind.

No, _I_ do not think John Saltram is engaged." Mrs.Pallinson glanced towards the piano, where the two figures seemed very close to each other in the dim light of the room.