"You're fussy about your old carpet."
"Old carpet! it cost me a guinea a yard not twelve months since."
"You're wasteful with your money."
"I am, when I spend it entertaining such as you."
"What's the name of the man you say that woman married?"
"Gregory Lamb."
"It's past believing!"
"Is it? I haven't found it so."
"That's because you're walking in darkness. Do you know that the youngster Margaret's plighted to is private secretary to Mrs. Gregory Lamb?"
"Is he? Then I should say that that's presumptive evidence that he's not bad looking. She has an eye for a good-looking man."