Mr. Hungerton her father really was the most tactless person upon earth a fluffy feathery untidy cockatoo of a man perfectly good-natured but absolutely centered upon his own silly self. If anything could have driven me from Gladys it would have been the thought of such a father-inlaw. I am convinced that he really believed in his heart that I came round to the Chestnuts three days a week for the pleasure of his company and very especially to hear his views upon bimetallism a subject upon which he was by way of being an authority.