He was going on to explain that the composition of the explosive differed so materially from that of the food that it would be almost impossible for any mother to take the one for the other, when our hostess rose." "Mr.Topham must have been disappointed.

As a demonstrator of the obvious he has probably no equal even among the under-secretaries.

You discussed him pretty freely in the drawing room afterward, I may venture to suggest." "No; we discussed you, Mr.Courtland." "A most unprofitable topic.

From what standpoint--dynamite massacres ?" "From the standpoint of heredity, of course.

Can you imagine any topic being discussed in a drawing room, nowadays, from any other standpoint?
There was a dear old lady present, Mrs.Haddon, and she said she had been a friend of your mother's." "So she was; I recollect her very well.