it was easier to do a friendly thing than it was to stay and be thanked for it.
…it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone.
Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
But, like all happiness, it did not last long.
Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.