That's the way I feel about it, and let me tell you I feel it pretty deeply!" "But what are you going to do, George ?" she cried.
George's earnestness surpassed hers; he had become flushed and his breathing was emotional.

As he confessed, with simple genuineness, he did feel what he was saying "pretty deeply"; and in truth his state approached the tremulous.

"I expect to live an honourable life," he said.

"I expect to contribute my share to charities, and to take part in--in movements." "What kind ?" "Whatever appeals to me," he said.
Lucy looked at him with grieved wonder.

"But you really don't mean to have any regular business or profession at all ?" "I certainly do not!" George returned promptly and emphatically.
"I was afraid so," she said in a low voice.
George continued to breathe deeply throughout another protracted interval of silence.