They will return with us, and we shall not probably be alone again for the whole summer." She sighed at the anticipation, and I echoed the sound.

I was somebody now; but what a nobody I should dwindle into, in comparison with the daughters of wealth and fashion who would gather at Grandison Place! "Ernest must like you very much, Gabriella, or he would not show the interest he does in all that concerns you.

You do not know what a compliment he pays you, because you have not seen him in company with other young girls.

I have sometimes felt quite distressed at his indifference when they have been my guests.

He has such a contempt for affectation and display, that he cannot entirely conceal it.