I am all for people getting enjoyment where they can," with a defiant look at me, "and snapping their fingers at the critics.

But one must draw the line somewhere.

There's some art that's out of court from the beginning." 'I couldn't resist it.
'"Don't listen to him, Miss Bretherton," I cried.

"If I were you I wouldn't let him spoil your pleasure; the great thing is to _feel_; defend your feeling against him! It's worth more than his criticisms." 'Forbes's eyes looked laughing daggers at me from under his shaggy white brows.

Mrs.Stuart and Wallace kept their countenances to perfection; but I had him, there's no denying it.
'"Oh, I know nothing about it," said Isabel Bretherton, divinely unconscious of the little skirmish going on around her.