That you probably don't understand." Newman sat down and looked at her for some time.

"I don't think I really understand it.

But when you say it, I believe it." "That's a poor reason," said Madame de Cintre, smiling.
"No, it's a very good one.

You have a high spirit, a high standard; but with you it's all natural and unaffected; you don't seem to have stuck your head into a vise, as if you were sitting for the photograph of propriety.

You think of me as a fellow who has had no idea in life but to make money and drive sharp bargains.