But are you sure it has gone as far as that?
Has Stephen really thought of marriage ?" "I don't know.

He tells me nothing," replied Mrs.Culpeper hopelessly, and she added after a pause: "But I can't help having eyes.

It is either that--or he is going into politics." Her tone was as despairing as if she had said, "he is coming down with fever." For a minute Corinna hesitated; then she responded cheerfully, "If it is any comfort to you, Cousin Harriet, I feel that you are making a mountain out of a mole hill.

When it comes to the point, I believe that Stephen will revert to type like the rest of us." Mrs.Culpeper clutched desperately at the straw that was offered her.
"You think he won't ask her to marry him ?" "If he does," said Corinna firmly, "I shall be more surprised than I have ever been in my life." The look of martyrdom faded slowly from her visitor's features.

"You say this because you know Stephen ?" "Because I know Stephen--and men," answered Corinna, while she thought of John Benham.