You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a detective police officer.

Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.

Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect.

When once estrangement has arisen between those who truly love each other, everything seems to widen the breach.

Phoebe Marks was a person who never lost her individuality. Silent and self-contained, she seemed to hold herself within herself, and take no colour from the outer world.

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.

There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and cannon roaring, before there can be peaceful treaties and enthusiastic shaking of hands.