And she, by repute, was as dangerous to slight as he to attract.

Her indifference exonerated him.

Besides, a Queen of Blondes would not draw the hearts out of men in England, as in Italy and in Spain.

Aminta had got thus far when she found 'Queen of Brunes' expunged by a mist: she imagined hearing the secretary's laugh.

She thought he was right to laugh at her.
She retorted simply: 'These are feelings that are poetry.' A man may know nothing about them, and be an excellent schoolmaster.
Suggestions touching the prudence of taking Mrs.Lawrence into her confidence, as regarded these troublesome letters of the man with the dart in his breast, were shuffled aside for various reasons: her modesty shrank; and a sense of honour toward the man forbade it.