(That is a good word, and one I have never used before.) You get used to everything, as I said, and then you want something more.
Father says this is what people mean by the deceitfulness of riches; but Albert's uncle says it is the spirit of progress, and Mrs Leslie said some people called it 'divine discontent'.

Oswald asked them all what they thought one Sunday at dinner.

Uncle said it was rot, and what we wanted was bread and water and a licking; but he meant it for a joke.
This was in the Easter holidays.
We went to live at the Red House at Christmas.

After the holidays the girls went to the Blackheath High School, and we boys went to the Prop.
(that means the Proprietary School).

And we had to swot rather during term; but about Easter we knew the deceitfulness of riches in the vac., when there was nothing much on, like pantomimes and things.