“ ’Tis a man like that that writes all those little paragraphs in the weekly papers. ‘It is not generally known that to keep a brass fender uniformly bright, etc. ,’ ‘The dorper beetle is one of the most interesting characters in the insect world,’ ‘The marriage customs of the Fingalese Indians,’ and so on.”

“General Information, in fact.”

“And what more horrible two words could you have?” said Mr. O’Rourke, and added piously. “Thank the heavens above I’m an educated man and know nothing whatever upon any subject at all.”

“I see you’ve got clock golf here,” said Bundle to Lady Coote.

“I’ll take you on at it, Lady Eileen,” said O’Rourke.