Let beauty perish if it cannot ally itself with mind. - George Gissing

They spoke a peculiar tongue, the product of sham education and mock refinement grafted upon a stock of robust vulgarity.

Part I: Miss. Lord CHAPTER 1 At eight o'clock on Sunday morning, Arthur Peachey unlocked his front door, and quietly went forth. He had not ventured to ask that early breakfast should be prepared for him. Enough that he was leaving home for a summer holiday — the first he had allowed himself since his marriage three years ago.

A womanly occupation means, practically, an occupation that a man disdains.