When you talked most I felt you most secretive, and the feeling slowly closed the door upon all frankness and sympathy and open speech between us." "Why did you not see me--dine with me ?" she asked.

"What can the servants think ?" Even in such a crisis the little things had place--habit struck its note in the presence of her tragedy.
"You had the Duchess of Snowdon, and we are not precisely congenial; besides, I had much to do in the laboratory.

I'm working for that new explosive of which I told you.

There's fame and fortune in it, and I'm on the way.

I feel it coming"-- his eyes sparkled a little.