Do not think me harsh or unkind; I have weighty reasons for every word I have uttered.

I am half ashamed to speak of such things to you, but it must be done.

You are smiling, Lillian, what is it ?" "I should laugh, papa," she replied, "if you did not look so very grave.

We must see people in order to love them.

Beatrice, how many do we know in the world?
Farmer Leigh, the doctor at Seabay, Doctor Goode, who came to the Elms when mamma was ill, two farm laborers, and the shepherd--that was the extent of our acquaintance until we came to Earlescourt.