We, my dear Mildred, are the observers of life. Let other people get married by all means, the more the merrier. . . . Let Dora marry if she likes. She hasn't your talent for observation.

“Oh the benison of it, she thought, for she seemed to need comfort now, not only…”

“But of course, she remembered, that was why women were so wonderful; it was the…”

“Prudence thanked him, experiencing that feeling of contrition which comes to al…”

“I pulled myself up and told myself to stop these ridiculous thoughts, wondering…”