“I fancy that we shall be all there.”
“I suppose we may consider now that the season is really over!”
“Yes; they stayed for this. I should not be surprised if every one in these rooms had disappeared by to-morrow.”
“Except myself,” said Lothair.
“Do you think of going abroad again?”
“One might as well go,” said Lothair, “as remain.”
“I wish Granville would take me to Paris. It seems so odd not to have seen Paris. All I want is to see the new streets and dine at a caf.”
“Well, you have an object; that is something,” said Lothair. “I have none.”
“Men have always objects,” said Lady St. Aldegonde. “They make business when they have none, or it makes itself. They move about, and it comes.”
“I have moved about a great deal,” said Lothair, “and nothing has come to me but disappointment. I think I shall take to croquet, like that curious gentleman I remember at Brentham.”