"That 's a great item in his favor.

I am terribly candid." And she left her place and came nearer her brother, looking at him hard.

He was turning over several things; she was wondering in what manner he really understood her.
There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something, between the two, that was neither.

It is probable that, in the last analysis, what she meant was that Felix should spare her the necessity of stating the case more exactly and should hold himself commissioned to assist her by all honorable means to marry the best fellow in the world.

But in all this it was never discovered what Felix understood.
"Once you have your liberty, what are your objections ?" he asked.
"Well, I don't particularly like him." "Oh, try a little." "I am trying now," said Eugenia.