They could both be used to the greatest advantage and pleasure by a man who apprehended things he knew. Then he turned to the _Morning Post_ which was on a low stand near, and he read again a paragraph which had pleased him at breakfast: "The Duke of Glastonbury and Lady Ethelrida Montfitchet entertained at dinner last night a small party at Glastonbury House, among the guests being--" and here he skipped some high-sounding titles and let his eye feast upon his own name, "Mr.Francis Markrute." Then he smiled and gazed into the fire, and no one would have recognized his hard, blue eyes, as he said softly: "Ethelrida! _belle et blonde!_".