Sam is _so_ sentimental about Helene! "And he's so droll about it.

But I've seen him that way before; haven't you?
And Helene, bless her heart, lets him make eyes at her and just laughs in that happy, wholesome way of hers.
"She's a perfect dear, Louis; so sweet and kind to me, so unaffected, so genuine, so humorous about herself and her funny title.

She told me that she would gladly shed it if she were not obliged to shed her legacy with it.

I don't blame her.

What an awful title--when you translate it! "Sam is temporarily laid up.