Date: 1888
Is it not frequently because they lack the perception to use it 'I Tact is but the art of making the best possible use of circumstances. '  It is a sort of moral palliative for the disagreements of life, which, like the wheels of a machine , move all the easier for being greased.  'Vith the exception of a few very slight hints, glances, and now and then a muttered word or two, and j knowing toss of the head— which, had not the mind of the Khan been preoccupied, he must have noticed — the good dame kept her word, till an event occurred which upset all her resolution and promises' This Was nothing less than the return of Henry from London.