I think it's dead." Mrs.Paige stood looking up at her, trowel hanging loosely in her gloved hand.
"Did anything--kill it ?" she asked carelessly.
"I don't think it ever lived very long.

Anyway there is something missing in the man; something blank in him.

A girl's time is wasted in wondering what is going on behind those adorable eyes of his.

Because there is nothing going on--it's all on the surface--the charm, the man's engaging ways and manners--all surface.

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