"All this comes of Lily's taking the silly, romantic whim of coming here to spend the honeymoon.

And Rosa, foolish girl, what airs she assumes! I wanted to deal generously by her; but she rejected all my offers as haughtily as if she had been queen of Spain and all the Americas.
There's a devilish deal more of the Spanish blood in her than I thought for.

Pride becomes her wonderfully; but it won't hold out forever.

She'll find that she can't live without me.

I can wait." Feeling the need of some safety-valve to let off his vexation, he selected poor Tom for that purpose.