A vision of her pale, sweet face, with her bright hair all bedabbled with gore, seemed to float constantly before his aching eyes.

Jack Sears was driving the famous John Willment Cobra roadster 39PH. Sears was black flagged, and after returning to the track, drove a race that is still talked about today.

I thought all of dad's relatives bit the big one a long time ago.

As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.