My not owning all may not have the dreadful meaning you think, and therefore it may not be really such a grievous thing.

There are genuine reasons for women's conduct in these matters as well as for men's, though it is sometimes supposed to be regulated entirely by caprice.

And if I do not give way to every feeling--I mean demonstration--it is because I don't want to.
There now, you know what that implies; and be content.' 'Very well,' said Somerset, with repressed sadness, 'I will not expect you to say more.

But you do like me a little, Paula ?' 'Now!' she said, shaking her head with symptoms of tenderness and looking into his eyes.

'What have you just promised?
Perhaps I like you a little more than a little, which is much too much! Yes,--Shakespeare says so, and he is always right.