"No; he won't do that. That would be uncourteous,--and he's the most courteous man in the world. There's nobody here, you see," she said as they entered the room, "and I didn't suppose there would be. It's always proper to be first in one's own house. I do so try to be proper,--and it is such trouble. Talking of people earning their bread, Alice;--I'm sure I earn mine. Oh dear!--what fun it would be to be sitting somewhere in Asia, eating a chicken with one's fingers, and lighting a big fire outside one's tent to keep off the lions and tigers. Fancy your being on one side of the fire and the lions and tigers on the other, grinning at you through the flames!" Then Lady Glencora strove to look like a lion, and grinned at herself in the glass.
"That sort of grin wouldn't frighten me," said Alice.

"No, he won't. He's the most courteous man in the world. Good, there's nobody here," she said as they entered the room. "It's always proper to be first in one's own house. I do so try to be proper - and it is such trouble. Oh dear! what fun it would be to be sitting somewhere in Asia, eating a chicken with one's fingers, and lighting a big fire outside one's tent to keep off the lions and tigers!" Then Lady Glencora strove to look like a lion, and grinned at herself in the glass. 