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Halliday, not liking the turn Bernard had given the talk, asked: "Who will take the otter-hounds?" "The matter's important and cannot be decided rashly," Bernard replied with some dryness, and addressed Mordaunt. "I imagine Jim might fill the post. What do you think, Lance?" "The choice lies between Langrigg and Dryholm, sir. The Dearhams have a kind of traditional right to keep the hounds.
He paused and his look was serious when he resumed: "In a way, it's strange, but your English customs have a grip; they get hold of one. In fact, I'm getting English fast, but perhaps that is not quite right. I begin to feel I am English." Mrs. Halliday gave him an approving smile. "You inherited more than Langrigg from the Dearhams, Jim.
Halliday, "I suppose I did mean this, but perhaps not altogether in the way you think. There is a rude vein in the Dearhams that comes to the surface now and then. One hardly noted it in Joseph, but in Bernard it's rather marked. I imagine he has some sympathy for Jim's extravagances. This may have its influence." "Bernard is inscrutable," Evelyn rejoined. "One cannot foretell what he will do."
"It marks the difference between him and us. We're fastidious and complex; the Dearhams are simple and firm." "A cruder type?" "Not altogether. Strength and simplicity are dignified. You're an artist and know the value of bold, austere line." "My notion is, Jim is not as simple as he looks." "That's rather cheap," Evelyn remarked. "I meant the simplicity of the old Greeks."
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