She is really in no danger then ?" "None." "Thank God! As you came in you looked so distressed I feared--" "When it was all over and there was nothing to cry about, I cried," interrupted Gerald.

"Women are always fools.

I'll except Mrs.Whittridge, however.

She has been the greatest comfort to Phebe." "It is Soeur Angelique's characteristic privilege always to be a comfort, I believe," answered Denham, recovering his light-heartedness in a flash.

"Might I inquire if you have any especial object with this lamp?
Shall I do any thing particularly with it ?" "Let it down, please--anywhere.