I say literary subjects, though the range of the conversation was not very wide.

It was a great surprise to Charlton, however, to find in a new country a young woman so well informed.
Did he fall in love?
Gentle reader, be patient.

You want a love-story, and I don't blame you.

For my part, I should not take the trouble to record this history if there were no love in it.

Love is the universal bond of human sympathy.