"In Basil's case it was art, literature, and music which she thought he set above everything else."
"Was my Uncle Basil musical?"
"To a certain extent." Dr. Lister wondered uneasily how he would ever approach the point of his discourse. "To go on, Richard—"
"Why did mother ever let me take lessons?"
"She thought you would in that way exhaust in your childhood any enthusiasm you might have and you would then give your mind to other things."
"Glory!" said Richard. Then, "I am very sorry for my Uncle Basil."
"He deserved some sympathy. We all do in this contrary world. I—"
"I cannot see why Greek should seem any more practical than music to my mother."
"Greek is the language of the New Testament."
"I cannot see what this has to do with me, anyhow, father. I have been in this house or on the porch for three days."