He lives in another world now, and certainly, of all the men I know, none appears less fitted to cope with this world.

The only real people to him appear to be those whom he has read of.

He never tried wealth." "He used to be rich--very rich.

Don't you remember what that lady told you ?" "I don't believe it," said Mrs.Yorke, sententiously.
Alice knew that this closed the argument.

When her mother in such cases said she did not believe a thing, it meant that the door of her mind was fast shut and no reason could get into it.
Mrs.Yorke could not but notice that some change had taken place in Alice of late.