Some things are born in the blood." "Quite so, and they remain in the bone.

I understand.

Morris, unless you maltreat me wilfully--which I am sure you would never do--I shall always understand." "What are you afraid of ?" he asked in a shaken voice.

"I feel that you are afraid." "Oh, one or two things; that you might overwork yourself, for instance.
Or, lest you should find that after all you are more human than you imagine, and be taken possession of by some strange Stella coming out of nowhere." "What do you mean, and why do you use that name ?" he said amazed.
"What I say, dear.

As for that name, I heard it accidentally at table to-night, and it came to my lips--of itself.