/ wealthy denizens of Snob-land delight in ignoring Nature's!
I elected noblemen.".
^~—"But supposing," said Miss Chesney quickly, "you happen to be a Nature's nobleman yourself, and have the advantage of wealth besides, surely you must fairly allow that to be rather a good thing, mustn't you?" Lucio laughed a little.
"I will retort upon you in your own words, fair lady, and say, 'I guess you mean compliments.' What I venture to imply, however, is that even when wealth does fall to the lot of one of these 'Nature's noblemen,' it is not because of his innate nobility that he wins social distinction. It is simply because he is rich. That is what vexes me. I, for example, have endless friends who are not my friends so much as the friends of my income. They do not trouble to inquire as to m
