She has only opened them.

Listen to me, you thing of mud! She is just a little brown streak." "That's an odd description of a woman." "It's the correct one, though.

She's just a little brown streak of a thing." "Well, I've heard of a man in love with a dream, and in love with a shadow, but never before did I hear of one infatuated with a streak.
Where did you meet this creature?
Have you known her long ?" "Only for a month or so, and but slightly.

We have not met half a dozen times.

It was only tonight, you see, that I began to know her well.