I'm getting him some carp, too, of quite respectable age, for a carp pond; I thought it would look so well for his lady-wife to be discovered by interviewers feeding the carp with her own fair hands, and I put the same idea into Pitherby's mind." "I had no idea that so many things were necessary to endorse a patent of nobility," said Yeovil.

"If there should be any miscarriage in the bestowal of the honour at least Pitherby will have absolved himself from any charge of contributory negligence." "Shall we say Wednesday, here, one o'clock, lunch first, and go down and look at the horse afterwards ?" said Herlton, returning to the matter in hand.
Yeovil hesitated, then he nodded his head.
"There is no harm in going to look at the animal," he said..