"I was delighted," continued the elder Duke, "when I heard that you had determined to go to Gatherum Castle this year." "If a man has a big house I suppose he ought to live in it, sometimes." "Certainly.

It was for such purposes as this now intended that your uncle built it.

He never became a public man, and therefore, though he went there, every year I believe, he never really used it." "He hated it,--in his heart.

And so do I.And so does Glencora.

I don't see why any man should have his private life interrupted by being made to keep a huge caravansary open for persons he doesn't care a straw about." "You would not like to live alone." "Alone,--with my wife and children,--I would certainly, during a portion of the year at least." "I doubt whether such a life, even for a month, even for a week, is compatible with your duties.