"You're not selfish yourself and will never arrive at a time when you'll believe what you said." "But there are selfish people, many of them." "Yes.

Of course." "And one can't change them, and they cause infinite anxiety in others----" "Yes; that, too.

Has Mr.Menocal been troubling you in some new way ?" Lee rose hastily.

"I wasn't thinking of him," said he; and he went to a window and stared out at the engineers' shack across the street.

Her touch on his arm, her tone, her solicitude, agitated him more than he dared let her see.