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I
shall
never
forget
the
effect
the
words
,
"
happy
medium
,
"
had
upon
him
.
He
was
brilliant
and
most
daring
in
his
interpretation
of
the
words
.
He
positively
alarmed
me
.
He
said
something
like
the
following
:
"
Happy
medium
,
indeed
.
Do
you
know
'
happy
medium
'
are
two
words
which
mean
'
miserable
mediocrity
'
?
I
say
,
go
first
class
or
third
;
marry
a
duchess
or
her
kitchenmaid
.
The
happy
medium
means
respectability
,
and
respectability
means
insipidness
.
Does
it
not
,
Mr.
Pooter
?
"
I
was
so
taken
aback
by
being
personally
appealed
to
,
that
I
could
only
bow
apologetically
,
and
say
I
feared
I
was
not
competent
to
offer
an
opinion
.
Carrie
was
about
to
say
something
;
but
she
was
interrupted
,
for
which
I
was
rather
pleased
,
for
she
is
not
clever
at
argument
,
and
one
has
to
be
extra
clever
to
discuss
a
subject
with
a
man
like
Mr.
Huttle
.
He
continued
,
with
an
amazing
eloquence
that
made
his
unwelcome
opinions
positively
convincing
:
"
The
happy
medium
is
nothing
more
or
less
than
a
vulgar
half-measure
.
A
man
who
loves
champagne
and
,
finding
a
pint
too
little
,
fears
to
face
a
whole
bottle
and
has
recourse
to
an
imperial
pint
,
will
never
build
a
Brooklyn
Bridge
or
an
Eiffel
Tower
.
No
,
he
is
half-hearted
,
he
is
a
half-measure
--
respectable
--
in
fact
,
a
happy
medium
,
and
will
spend
the
rest
of
his
days
in
a
suburban
villa
with
a
stucco-column
portico
,
resembling
a
four-post
bedstead
.
"
We
all
laughed
.
"
That
sort
of
thing
,
"
continued
Mr.
Huttle
,
"
belongs
to
a
soft
man
,
with
a
soft
beard
with
a
soft
head
,
with
a
made
tie
that
hooks
on
.
"
This
seemed
rather
personal
and
twice
I
caught
myself
looking
in
the
glass
of
the
cheffonière
;
for
I
had
on
a
tie
that
hooked
on
--
and
why
not
?
If
these
remarks
were
not
personal
they
were
rather
careless
,
and
so
were
some
of
his
subsequent
observations
,
which
must
have
made
both
Mr.
Franching
and
his
guests
rather
uncomfortable
.
I
do
n't
think
Mr.
Huttle
meant
to
be
personal
,
for
he
added
;
"
We
do
n't
know
that
class
here
in
this
country
:
but
we
do
in
America
,
and
I
've
no
use
for
them
.
"
Franching
several
times
suggested
that
the
wine
should
be
passed
round
the
table
,
which
Mr.
Huttle
did
not
heed
;
but
continued
as
if
he
were
giving
a
lecture
:
"
What
we
want
in
America
is
your
homes
.
We
live
on
wheels
.
Your
simple
,
quiet
life
and
home
,
Mr.
Franching
,
are
charming
.
No
display
,
no
pretension
!
You
make
no
difference
in
your
dinner
,
I
dare
say
,
when
you
sit
down
by
yourself
and
when
you
invite
us
.
You
have
your
own
personal
attendant
--
no
hired
waiter
to
breathe
on
the
back
of
your
head
.
"
