I have nothing to fear.

Did he not keep his word and restore me to my friends at the expiration of the week?
You should have heard him, Miriam, at that last interview--the eloquent, earnest, impassioned way in which he bid me good-bye.

I declare, I felt tempted for an instant to say: 'Look here, Mr.Mask; if you love me like that, and if you're absolutely not a fright, take off that ugly, black death's-head you wear, and I'll stay with you always, since I am your wife.' But I didn't." "You would not fear to meet him again, then ?" "On the contrary, I should like it, of all things.

There is a halo of romance about this mysterious husband of mine that renders him intensely interesting.

Girls love romance dearly; and I'm only a girl, you know." "And the silliest girl I ever did know," said Miriam.