'Pleasant, isn't it?
But what on earth am I to do?
I never was in a greater hole.

I'm not the least in love with that girl, Kendal, but there isn't anything she asked me to do for her that I wouldn't do if I could.

She's the warmest-hearted creature--one of the kindest, frankest, sincerest women that ever stepped.

I feel at times that I'd rather cut my hand off than hurt her feelings by throwing her offer in her face, and yet, that play has been the apple of my eye to me for months; the thought of seeing it spoilt by clumsy handling is intolerable to me.' 'I suppose it would hurt her feelings,' said Kendal meditatively, 'if you refused ?' 'Yes,' said Wallace emphatically; 'I believe it would wound her extremely.

You see, in spite of all her success, she is beginning to be conscious that there are two publics in London.