He would head it:
“ARISTOCRAT, POLITICIAN, LIBERTINE!”
Then, under that he would put:
“CAN THE ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS SKIN, OR THE
LEOPARD HIS SPOTS?” Jer. xi. 23.
The morality of such a thing? Morality only had to do with ruining a girl’s name, or robbery. How did it concern this?
So Mr. Meyerbeer kept his ears open. Presently one of the students said to Bagshot, a young artist: “How does the dompteuse come on?”
“Well, I think it’s chic enough. She’s magnificent. The colour of her skin against the lions was splendid to-day: a regular rich gold with a sweet stain of red like a leaf of maize in September. There’s never been such a Una. I’ve got my chance; and if I don’t pull it off,
‘Wrap me up in my tarpaulin jacket,
And say a poor buffer lies low!’”
“Get the jacket ready,” put in a young Frenchman, sneering.
The Englishman’s jaw hardened, but he replied coolly