The things we do!

Jack Belsize liked to dine with Lady Kew. He
said, "she was an old dear, and the wickedest old woman in all England;"
and he liked to dine with Lady Julia, who was "a poor suffering dear, and
the best woman in all England." Jack Belsize liked every one, and every
one liked him.
Two evenings afterwards the young men repeated their visit to Lady Kew,
and this time Lord Kew was loud in praises of his cousins of the house of
Newcome.
"Not of the eldest, Barnes, surely, my dear?" cries Lady Kew.
"No, confound him! not Barnes."
"No, d--- it, not Barnes. I beg your pardon, Lady Julia," broke in Jack
Belsize. "I can get on with most men; but that little Barney is too
odious a little snob."
"A little what--Mr. Belsize?"
"A little snob, ma'am. I have no other word, though he is your grandson.
I never heard him say a good word of any mortal soul, or do a kind
action."
"Thank you, Mr. Belsize," says the lady.
"But the others are capital. There is that little chap who has just had
the measles--he's a clear little brick.


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