I remember that he attracted me.

He represented a class of Englishman of whom I had met very few, the thinking aristocrat with a sense for foreign affairs.

It was some years ago, that.

He remained outside politics, did he not, until his death ?" "Outside all practical politics," Nigel assented.

"He had his interests, though." She looked at him thoughtfully.
"Have you inherited them ?" she asked.
He declined the challenge of her eyes.