If I have said anything severe of your refusal of my brother, I retract it.

I only wish that it could have been otherwise." Lord Chiltern, when he left his sister's house, walked through the slush and dirt to a haunt of his in the neighbourhood of Covent Garden, and there he remained through the whole afternoon and evening.

A certain Captain Clutterbuck joined him, and dined with him.

He told nothing to Captain Clutterbuck of his sorrow, but Captain Clutterbuck could see that he was unhappy.
"Let's have another bottle of 'cham,'" said Captain Clutterbuck, when their dinner was nearly over.

"'Cham' is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg." "You can have what you like," said Lord Chiltern; "but I shall have some brandy-and-water." "The worst of brandy-and-water is, that one gets tired of it before the night is over," said Captain Clutterbuck.
Nevertheless, Lord Chiltern did go down to Peterborough the next day by the hunting train, and rode his horse Bonebreaker so well in that famous run from Sutton springs to Gidding that after the run young Piles,--of the house of Piles, Sarsnet, and Gingham,--offered him three hundred pounds for the animal.
"He isn't worth above fifty," said Lord Chiltern.
"But I'll give you the three hundred," said Piles.
"You couldn't ride him if you'd got him," said Lord Chiltern.
"Oh, couldn't I!" said Piles.