It's no use for you to put on a pretence of being cheerful and light-hearted with me.

I know you too well to be deceived by that kind of thing--I could see how absent-minded you were all dinner-time, in spite of your talk.

You can't hoodwink an affectionate sister." "I don't wish to hoodwink you, my dear," Mr.Fenton answered quietly, "or to affect a happiness which I do not feel, any more than I wish to make a parade of my grief.

It is natural for an Englishman to be reticent on such matters; but I do not mind owning to you that Marian Nowell is unforgotten by me, and that the loss of her will have an enduring influence upon my life; and having said as much as that, Belle, I must request that you will not expatiate any more upon this poor girl's breach of faith.

I have forgiven her long ago, and I shall always regard her as the purest and dearest of women." "What! you can hold her up as a paragon of perfection after she has thrown you over in the most heartless manner?
Upon my word, Gilbert, I have no common patience with such folly.