at the club

at the club my grandfather soames who made the family fortune had difficulty getting his point across to my grandmother emily or to women in general or to servants, foreigners, cab drivers, birds, cats or even dogs but with horses and men of his own class he got on very well indeed when the automobile replaced the horse he was devastated and never really recovered his eldest son, my cousin edmund who had heretofore (am i using that word correctly?) languished in his father's shadow became a champion race car driver and quite the most famous member of the family his exploits had to be followed in the new york times because the transcript, of course regarded them as unworthy of notice i could go on in this vein for a while yet but i fear that i am boring you please forgive me would you like another drink?