I do admire her so; but it discourages me." "Darling, I'd a thousand times rather have you what you are," said John; for-- "What she wills to do, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best." "O John! come, you ought to be sincere." "Sincere, Lillie! I am sincere." "You really would rather have poor, poor little me than a woman like Gracie,--a great, strong, energetic woman ?" And Lillie laid her soft cheek down on his arm in pensive humility.
"Yes, a thousand million times," said John in his enthusiasm, catching her in his arms and kissing her.

"I wouldn't for the world have you any thing but the darling little Lillie you are.

I love your faults more than the virtues of other women.

You are a thousand times better than I am.

I am a great, coarse blockhead, compared to you.