I give him a picayune, now and then; and you see he dresses well.

I think, on the whole, Dodo 's pretty well off." "Would you think you were well off, if there were not one creature in the world near you to love you ?" "I ?--Well, of course not." "And you have taken Dodo away from all the friends he ever had, and now he has not a creature to love him;--nobody can be good that way." "Well, I can't help it, as I know of.

I can't get his mother and I can't love him myself, nor anybody else, as I know of." "Why can't you ?" said Eva.
"_Love_ Dodo! Why, Eva, you wouldn't have me! I may _like_ him well enough; but you don't _love_ your servants." "I do, indeed." "How odd!" "Don't the Bible say we must love everybody ?" "O, the Bible! To be sure, it says a great many such things; but, then, nobody ever thinks of doing them,--you know, Eva, nobody does." Eva did not speak; her eyes were fixed and thoughtful for a few moments.
"At any rate," she said, "dear Cousin, do love poor Dodo, and be kind to him, for my sake!" "I could love anything, for your sake, dear Cousin; for I really think you are the loveliest creature that I ever saw!" And Henrique spoke with an earnestness that flushed his handsome face.

Eva received it with perfect simplicity, without even a change of feature; merely saying, "I'm glad you feel so, dear Henrique! I hope you will remember." The dinner-bell put an end to the interview..