He was the crack man of the polo team, you know.

I don't see that there was any need of his butting into this European fracas." "I quite agree with you," said Miss Littlejohn, with her eyes on the clock.

"I broke my engagement to Metcalfe Hussey because he insisted on going over to join the English regiment his grandfather used to belong to.

I've no patience with sentimentality." She took the check and screwed it into a small gold case.

"I'm dining with my bandage-rolling aunt and going on to the opera.