`Come!\'rejoinedStryver,laughingboastfully,`thoughIdon\'tpreferanyclaimtobeingthesoulofRomanceforIhopeI,knowbetter,stillIamatenderersortoffellowthanyou.
`Youarealuckier,ifyoumeanthat.\'
`Idon\'tmeanthat.ImeanIamamanofmore——more——\'
`Saygallantry,whileyouareaboutit,\'suggestedCarton.
`Well!I\'llsaygallantry.MymeaningisthatIamaman,\'saidStryver,inflatinghimselfathisfriendashemadethepunch,`whocaresmoretobeagreeable,Whotakesmorepainstobeagreeable,whoknowsbetterhowtobeagreeable,inawoman\'ssociety,thanyoudo.\'