It is only natural that we should have watched them more closely and involved ourselves more intimately in their scheme of things.
The first fine rapture of house-pride having grown calm, the Bolderos settled down to the serene beatitude of the Higher Life tempered by the amenities of commonplace existence.

When Adrian worked, Doria read Dante and attended performances of the Intellectual Drama; when Adrian relaxed, she cooked dainties in a chafing dish and accompanied him to Musical Comedy.

They entertained in a gracious modest way, and went out into cultivated society.

The Art of Life, they declared, was to catch atmosphere, whatever that might mean.

Adrian explained, with the gentle pity of one addressing himself to the childish intelligence.
"It's merely the perfect freedom of mental adaptation.