"They can't mean--oh, Mac, I do believe--pshaw!" she exclaimed, her pale face flushing.

"They don't know how good a dentist you are.

What difference does a diploma make, if you're a first-class dentist?
I guess that's all right.

Mac, didn't you ever go to a dental college ?" "No," answered McTeague, doggedly.

"What was the good?
I learned how to operate; wa'n't that enough ?" "Hark," said Trina, suddenly.