You know you're blushing, Nance, so stop it.

Remember, it's when you smile; remember, also, that smiles are born, not made.

It's a long time since I've seen you, Nance." "Two years--we didn't come here last summer, you know." "But you've aged--you're twice the woman you were--so, on the whole, I'm not in the least disappointed in you." "Your sickness seems to have left you--well--in a remarkably unprejudiced state of mind." He laughed.

"That's the funny part of it.

Did they tell you this siege had me foolish for weeks?
Honest, now, Nance, here's a case--how many are two times two ?" He waited expectantly.
"Are you serious ?" "It seems silly to you, doesn't it--but answer as if I were a child." "Well--twice two are four--unless my own mind is at fault." "There!--now I begin to believe it.