"Do you seek to do good only to those who pay for the care you give them?
Is not your mission with all with whom you are thrown ?" "The days of single-handed combat against the world are over," answered Denham.

"You cripple a man by giving him too wide a field of action." "I would not take less than the widest were I a man!" exclaimed Gerald, proudly.
"Would you be a clergyman ?" "No.

I have no talent for writing.

I could not preach." "Nay, I think you an admirable preacher," said Denham, gently, without the faintest tinge of sarcasm in either tone or look.

Gerald glanced at him quickly and flushed slightly.
"I am too dogmatic myself," she said, biting her lip and turning away her head.