"I am going to speak to you even more intimately.

I shall venture to do so because, after all, she is better known to me than to you.

I am going to tell you that of all the women in the world, Naida Karetsky is the most likely to make you happy." Nigel drew himself up a little stiffly.
"One does not discuss these things," he muttered.
"May I call that a touch of insularity ?" Prince Shan pleaded, "because there is nothing else in the world so wonderful to discuss, in all respect and reverence, as the women who have made us feel.

One last word, Lord Dorminster.

The days of matrimonial alliances between the reigning families of Europe have come to an end under the influence of a different form of government, but there is a certain type of alliance, the utility of which remains unimpaired.