How would you have kept any respect for him when you had become tired of words?
You are too straightforward, too sledge-hammer to understand a character like his." "In that case Fay ought to suit him," said Bessie grimly.

"No one, not even you, can call her straightforward.

But I begin to think, Magdalen, that you actually wish for the marriage." "I had never thought of it as possible on her side until a few minutes ago, when what you said took me by surprise.

Of course I had noticed the attraction on his side, but it appeared to me he was irresolute and timid, and it is better to ignore the faint emotions of half-hearted people.

They come to no good.