"I hope so. The promises encourage me."
"But the performances will be better. Any old fool of a minister can promise; it is a king who performs."
"You have read my pamphlet, Mr. Faber?"
"Every line—the greatest peace scheme—I was going to say, on earth. I'll change that: Out of heaven's nearer it!"
"Of course, it must come slowly, if it comes."
"All the best things come slowly. Man was about a million years about before he thought of microbes—this is a great affair; none greater. It would be the coup of the century if you brought it off. There could be nothing greater."
"I hope to do so. Are you staying here long?"
"As many hours as it will take me to teach a man my name. I may be at Corfu myself afterwards. I'm imitating you, and buying a yacht."
"The one luxury in the world—get a good one."
"There won't be any better when I begin."