53/69 "Sometimes it is the home of too much faith, but faith, like virtue, is its own reward. Even a poor degree of honor responds to it in kind." "Dorothy, I am so unworthy of you that I stand abashed in your presence," replied John. We don't look for unmixed good in men," said the girl with a mischievous little laugh. Then seriously: "Those virtues you have are so great and so strong, John, that my poor little virtues, while they perhaps are more numerous than yours, are but weak things by comparison. In truth, there are some faults in men which we women do not--do not altogether dislike. |