If he had suspected that I was the cause, I suppose he would have come in and stormed at me." "You were not the cause." "Yes, you were helping me with my work." "It was my work, too." He tilted a pile of newspapers off a chair, sat down and said: "I feel at home with you." "Oh, am I so homely ?" she asked, smiling.
"Yes, restoring the word to its best meaning.

By the way, you haven't cut off your hair." "No, I forgot it, but I'm going to." "My sister Ellen has hair something like yours, but not so heavy and not so bright." "I should like to see her." "Because she has hair like yours ?" "What a question! No, because I am acquainted with her brother, of course." "And when you become acquainted with a man do you want to meet his sister ?" "Oh, you are getting to be a regular tease, Mr.Witherspoon.

After awhile I shall be afraid to talk to you." "I hope the clock will refuse to record that time.

You say that you would like to see my sister.

You shall see her; you must come home to dinner with me." She gave him a quick look, a mere glance, the shortest sentence within the range of human expression, but in that short sentence a full book of meaning.