I felt the basic insincerity of what she had said. It made me uneasy, as though the whole evening had been a trick of some sort to extract a contributory emotion from me.

“But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot.”

“For the first time in years the tears were streaming down his face. But they we…”

“Ah," she cried, "you look so cool." Their eyes met, and they stared together at…”

“a great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if …”