"It shows the Arrowpoints' good sense, however, to have adopted the affair, after the fuss in the paper," said Sir Hugo. "And disowning your own child because of a _msalliance_ is something like disowning your one eye: everybody knows it's yours, and you have no other to make an appearance with."

"It shows the Arrowpoints' good sense, after the fuss in the paper," said Sir Hugo. "Disowning your own child because of a msalliance is something like disowning your one eye: everybody knows it's yours, and you have no other to make an appearance with."
