He was hiding for some reason in a cave, and a lion came along, and--well, it doesn't seem complimentary even if you turn a lion into a lioness, but it came into my head and seemed all right to start with." "When I was a governess," said Miss Marty, "I used often to set it for dictation.

I had, I remember, the same difficulty you experience with the name of the hero." "Did you ?" the Doctor exclaimed, delightedly.

"That _is_ a coincidence, isn't it?
I sometimes think that when two minds are, as one might say, attuned--" "They are making a most dreadful noise," said Miss Marty, with a glance across the river.

"Did I hear you say that you were victorious to-night ?" "Completely." "The Major is a wonderful man." "Wonderful! As I was saying, when two minds are, as one might say, attuned--" "He succeeds in everything he touches." "It is a rare talent." "I sometimes wonder how, with his greatness--for he cannot but be conscious of it--he endures the restrictions of our narrow sphere.
I mean," Miss Marty went on, as the Doctor lifted his eyebrows in some surprise, "the petty business of a country town such as ours." "Oh," said the Doctor.

"Ah, to be sure!.