4/18 "The most extraordinary people have them. Are you aware that there were nearly four thousand names in the last Royal bestowal of Orders of the British Empire? The gentleman you address as 'Right Worshipful Sir' overnight delivers poultry and rabbits at your back door next morning. Sooner or later we shall have a king wearing a cloth cap." "Your remarks do not apply to the old nobility," returned Mr.Brimsdown austerely. "They will never become common. |