" Please don't talk to me about the opera; you know nothing about music.

I'd better meet you on your own ground, and talk about your majolica and engravings.

Come now, what treasure have you been buying lately at the old curiosity shops?" "Would you like me to show you? But you don't understand such things.

" "Oh, do show me! I've been learning about them at those--what's their names?...the bankers...they've some splendid engravings.