Nevertheless, she did not weep, because, for one thing, it would have made her eyes red, and another, it would be of very little use.

There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and of gratitude!

Oh, yes, she's unusual!' he said bitterly. 'She blurts our whatever may come into her head;she tumbles from one outrageous escapade into another;she's happier gromming horses and hobnobbing with stable-hands than going to parties; she's impertinent; you daren't catch her eye for fear she should start to giggle; she hasn't any accomplishments; I never saw anyone with less diginity; she's abominable, and damnably hot at hand, frank to a fault, and-a darling!

She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains.

This, said Damerel wrathfully, is the second time you have walked in just as I am about to propose to your sister!

Miss Grantham gave a shriek. 'You have trifled with me!' she said, into the folds of her handkerchief. 'You promised me marriage, and now you mean to cast me off for Another!

Nevertheless, she did not weep, because, for one thing, it would have made her eyes red, and another, it would be of very little use.