Upon my soul, that's so."
"You are right, General," said Lambert. "The steady way is the best way.
The world is a passable place, if a fellow has a decent income by
inheritance, or can earn a big one, but to be really contented to earn
money it must be a big one, otherwise he is far better pleased to take
the small inherited income. It has a lot of dignity, which the other
can only bring when it is large."
"That's only true in this country; it's not true in America," said Frank,
"for there the man who doesn't earn money is looked upon as a muff, and
is treated as such. A small inherited income is thought to be a trifle
enervating. But there is a country of emotions, if you like. The
American heart is worn upon the American sleeve, and the American mind is
the most active thing in this world. That's why they grow old so young."
"I met a woman a year or so ago at dinner," said Vidall, "who looked
forty. She looked it, and she acted it. She was younger than any woman
present, but she seemed older.
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