(2) "Vandeleur was a scoundrel, a poseur, a pompous ass.  Learned
his tricks in the proper school, I'm sure, but not a man to trust
if he was guarding your rear.  He had charm, some would say, of a
curious kind - always playing one part or another, an agile actor,
but bland & slippery beneath the grease-paint - the sort of fellow
who generally puts his skills to bad use.  Whatever became of that
woman of his?  Proud little thing, provocative - never quite fitted
in though."

(3) "Mrs. Vandeleur - I remember her - not quite the perfect figure,
of course, but which of us has, these days, with fashion being what 
it is! A little too - well - fancy for her own good - not that the men
minded! Did she wear a wig? We always had the feeling they were more of
