It kept me from dwelling too exclusively on one engrossing subject.
"Now give me your arm," said the doctor, "and let me have the privilege of escorting you down stairs." As we descended, he put his arm round me, for I was weaker than he thought I was, and my knees bent under me.
"We doctors ought not to have jealous wives, my dear, ought we?
My dear, good woman has not one particle of jealousy in her composition.

She never looks after my heart; but keeps a wonderfully sharp eye on my head and feet.

A very sensible person, Mrs.Harlowe is." There was intentional kindness in this apparent levity.

He saw I was agitated, and wished to divert my thoughts.

Perhaps he read more deeply than I imagined, for those who seem to glance lightly on the surface of feeling only, often penetrate to its depths.
The drawing-room was divided by folding doors, which were seldom closed, and in the four corners of each division were crimson lounges, of luxurious and graceful form.