It was a bad day's work when you let yourself in for it, but that's all over now." "Yes, it's all over," she said slowly.

"Everything's all over." Her wide, sombre eyes fixed their gaze upon the rippling blue flames in the grate.
"Well, smile a little.

It's time some one of us Tresslyns had a chance to grin a little without bearing it." She raised her eyes and slowly inspected this big brother of hers.
Seemingly she had not taken him in as a whole up to that moment of consideration.

A slight frown appeared on her brow.
"I've been hearing rather bad things about you, George," she said, after a moment.

"Now that I look at you, you do look pretty shaky,--and pretty well threshed out.