And her height and suppleness: at twenty-five she will be regal." "Then, Mr.Langenau," she cried, with sudden spitefulness, "you _do_ admire her very much yourself! Do you know, I thought perhaps you did.
How you must envy Mr.Vandermarck!" A slight shrug of the shoulders and a slight low laugh; after which, he said, "No, I think not.

I have not the courage that is necessary." "The courage! why, what do you mean by that ?" "I mean that a man who ventures to love a woman in whom he cannot trust, has need for courage and for patience; perhaps Mr.Richard Vandermarck has them both abundantly.

For me, I think the pretty Miss Pauline would be safer as an hour's amusement than as a life's companion." The words stabbed, killed me.

With an ejaculation that could scarcely have escaped their ears, I sprang up and ran through the hall and up the stairs.

Before I reached the landing-place, I knew that some one was behind me.