"This is the nicest time in the year for London, unless you do a deal of hunting; then it's a grind."
"I never hunt at all; Lord George won't let me."
"I wish some one wouldn't let me. It would save me a deal of money, and a great deal of misery. It's all a delusion and a snare. You never get a run nowadays."
"Do you think so? I'd rather hunt than do anything."
"That's because you are not let to do it; the perversity of human nature, you know! The only thing I'm not allowed to do is to marry, and it's the only thing I care for."
"Who prevents it, Captain de Baron?"
"There's a new order come out from the Horse Guards yesterday. No one under a field officer is to marry unless he has got £2,000 a year."
"Marrying is cheaper than hunting."
"Of course, Lady George, you may buy your horses cheap or dear, and you may do the same with your wives. You may have a cheap wife who doesn't care for dress, and likes to sit at home and read good books."
"That's just what I do."