Gerard Maule had already seated himself next to Miss Palliser, and Phineas had no alternative but to take the place next to Madame Max.
"I didn't know that you rode to hounds ?" said Phineas.
"Oh, yes; I have done so for years.

When we met it was always in London, Mr.Finn; and people there never know what other people do.
Have you heard of this terrible affair about the Duke ?" "Oh, dear, yes." "Poor Duke! He and I have seen a great deal of each other since,--since the days when you and I used to meet.

He knows nothing about all this, and the worst of it is, he is not in a condition to be told." "Lady Glencora could put it all right." "I'll tell Lady Glencora, of course," said Madame Max.

"It seems so odd in this country that the owner of a property does not seem at all to have any exclusive right to it.

I suppose the Duke could shut up the wood if he liked." "But they poisoned the hounds." "Nobody supposes the Duke did that,--or even the Duke's servants, I should think.