The Tragıcal Hıstory Of Doctor Faustus (9786258233148)

So the diners out stepped forward with long slips of paper containing
answers to their questions. These had been framed after much consideration. A good man,
we had agreed, must at any rate be honest, passionate, and unworldly. But whether or not a
particular man possessed those qualities could only be discovered by asking questions, often

beginning at a remote distance from the centre. Is Kensington a nice place to live in? Where
is your son being educated and your daughter? Now please tell me, what do you pay for your
cigars? By the way, is Sir Joseph a baronet or only a knight? Often it seemed that we learnt
more from trivial questions of this kind than from more direct ones. "I accepted my peerage,"
said Lord Bunkum, "because my wife wished it." I forget how many titles were accepted for
the same reason. "Working fifteen hours out of the twenty-four, as I do" ten thousand
professional men began…