And somehow, since then, I am becoming interested in people for their own sakes.

It's a--new sensation." He smiled and laid his hand over hers: "Do you know I never even appreciated what a good man Alexander Cameron is until recently.

Why, mother, that man is one of the most generous, modest, kind, charitable, unselfish fellows in the world!" "His behaviour is sometimes a little extraordinary," said his mother--"isn't it ?" "Oh, that's all on the surface! He's full of boyish spirits.

He dearly loves a joke--but the greater part of that interminable funny business is merely to mask the modesty of a man whose particular perversity is a fear that people might discover how kind and how clever he really is!" They walked on in silence for a while, then his mother said: "Mr.Querida was here.

Is he a friend of yours ?" Neville hesitated: "I'll tell you, mother," he said, "I don't find Querida personally very congenial.