He said nothing--if he had done so, my pride would have taken fire and I should have been saved--but all that other men say in passionate words, he conveyed to me in passionate looks.

He was very kind to me; he used to visit us a great deal, and on several occasions he stood between me and Lord Lisle's fierce anger.
"He knew all my distress, my troubles, my misery, as well as I know them myself.

Let me tell you briefly, Basil, that at this unhappy time I wrote to him three letters--only three.

I was so miserable, so wretched, that, unless I had opened my heart to some one, I must have died.

Now listen, Basil, and do not wonder if I have ceased to believe in men.