We're not like ordinary people, us Cardinals." "And have I got a lot of imagination too ?" Maggie had asked on one occasion.
"I'm sure I don't know," her uncle had answered her.

"You don't look to me like a Cardinal at all--much too quiet.

But you may have it somewhere.

Look out for a bad time if you have." Today Maggie's abrupt checking of his projects had made him sulky and he talked but little.

"Damn it all!" he had started out with the most charming intentions towards the girl and now look at her! Was it natural conduct in the day after she had lost her only protector?
No, it was not.