"Ah but then you see I'm not a man, but a combination of circumstances."
"I don't understand."
"No? It is rather difficult of comprehension, I admit. What I mean is, that the circumstances of my having been an orphan of my bringing up, my command of money, and above all the circumstances of the age I live in, have all made me the curious creature I am."
"Oh I you admit then that you are curious."
"So much so that I doubt if any woman in existence would satisfy me as a companion for more than a few days. A fast woman irritates me, a clever woman enrages me, and a good one bores me."
"And Lady Errington?"
"Is happier with her stupid adoring husband than she would be with a bundle of contradictions like myself."
"Yet she does not love this stupid adoring husband."
"I never said that," observed Eustace hastily.
"Not in words, certainly, but you hinted----