A Commentary

VILLA RUBEIN: AND OTHER STORIES THE ISLAND PHARISEES THE MAN OF PROPERTY THE COUNTRY HOUSE FRATERNITY THE PATRICIAN THE DARK FLOWER THE FREELANDS BEYOND FIVE TALES SAINT’S PROGR...

“You say that as if you thought there was one law for the rich and another for the poor. You are making a mistake. If I am had up for begging as well as you, we shall both of us...

In matters of religion he would not commit himself to any definite opinions. If asked whether he thought there were a future life, he would say: “I see no reason to believe ther...

Then, with a shrill, far “Mar-r-rk!” the beaters’ chorus would rise again, drowned for an instant by the crack of the keepers’ guns; louder and louder it came, rhythmically, ine...

They brought the eldest of his little grandsons in. He stood a long time looking, then asked if he might touch the cheek. Being permitted, he kissed his little finger-tip and la...

On Sundays he played golf--a game in which, armed with a fact, he hit a little fact long distances until he lodged it in a hole, when he would pick it out again and place it on...

“Guv’nor! You tell me I did wrong to get in here, brought up like what I was--born in the purple--Brick Street, ’Ammersmith. My father was never up against the police; epileptic...

Having dispersed, he to the bathroom, she to see if the children had slept well, they would meet again at breakfast, and divide the newspaper. They took a journal which, having...

“For this is what I want you to fully understand: _A man of means_ may drive his wife to loathe him, provided he stop short of certain definite things--for the Law does not allo...