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"
My
father
was
a
gentleman
,
"
I
said
,
with
a
touch
of
hauteur
,
"
and
a
descendant
of
gentlemen
.
We
were
never
common
folk
--
our
family
was
one
of
the
most
highly
esteemed
in
the
counties
.
"
Lucio
smiled
.
"
I
do
not
doubt
it
,
my
dear
fellow
--
I
do
not
in
the
least
doubt
it
.
But
a
simple
'
gentleman
'
is
a
long
way
below
--
or
above
--
an
Earl
.
Have
it
which
side
you
choose
!
--
because
it
really
does
n't
matter
nowadays
.
We
have
come
to
a
period
of
history
when
rank
and
lineage
count
as
nothing
at
all
,
owing
to
the
profoundly
obtuse
stupidity
of
those
who
happen
to
possess
it
.
So
it
chances
,
that
as
no
resistance
is
made
,
brewers
are
created
peers
of
the
realm
,
and
ordinary
tradesmen
are
knighted
,
and
the
very
old
families
are
so
poor
that
they
have
to
sell
their
estates
and
jewels
to
the
highest
bidder
,
who
is
frequently
a
vulgar
'
railway-king
'
or
the
introducer
of
some
new
manure
.
You
occupy
a
better
position
than
such
,
since
you
inherit
your
money
with
the
farther
satisfaction
that
you
do
not
know
how
it
was
made
.
"
"
True
!
"
I
answered
meditatively
--
then
,
with
a
sudden
flash
of
recollection
I
added
--
"
By
the
way
I
never
told
you
that
my
deceased
relative
imagined
that
he
had
sold
his
soul
to
the
devil
,
and
that
this
vast
fortune
of
his
was
the
material
result
!
"
Lucio
burst
into
a
violent
fit
of
laughter
.
"
No
!
Not
possible
!
"
he
exclaimed
derisively
--
"
What
an
idea
!
I
suppose
he
had
a
screw
loose
somewhere
!
Imagine
any
sane
man
believing
in
a
devil
!
Ha
,
ha
,
ha
!
And
in
these
advanced
days
too
!
Well
,
well
!
The
folly
of
human
imaginations
will
never
end
!
Here
we
are
!
"
--
and
he
sprang
lightly
out
as
the
brougham
stopped
at
the
Grand
Hotel
--
"
I
will
say
good-night
to
you
,
Tempest
.
I
've
promised
to
go
and
have
a
gamble
.
"
"
A
gamble
?
Where
?
"
"
At
one
of
the
select
private
clubs
.
There
are
any
amount
of
them
in
this
eminently
moral
metropolis
--
no
occasion
to
go
to
Monte
Carlo
!
Will
you
come
?
"
I
hesitated
