You have a power of good common-sense, Madge." "Well, I have--I had--need of it." "The majority would say you could afford to be silly.

You have a snug fortune of your own, of which not a penny can be lost unless the bottom falls out of everything." "I don't think any woman can afford to be silly.

I know that's a sweeping word with you, and covers all feminine folly.

What I meant is this: Money and every good thing in life was a mockery.

I couldn't enjoy anything, and wasn't anything but a burden.