"I could hate that MAN cordially, without half trying," she thought to herself, smiling faintly at the thought.
The sharp eyes of Mrs.Holt detected the smile.

She probably would have noticed it, if Kate had merely thought of smiling.
"Why do you smile, my dear ?" she asked in melting tone.
"Oh, I was feeling so at home," answered Kate, suavely.

"Father and the boys hold exactly those opinions and practise them in precisely the same way; only if I were to think about it at all, I should think that a man within a year of finishing a medical course would begin exercising politeness with every woman he meets.

I believe a doctor depends on women to be most of his patients, and women don't like a rude doctor." "Rot!" said George Holt.
"Miss Bates is exactly right," said his mother.

"Ain't I been tellin' you the whole endurin' time that you'd never get a call unless you practised manners as well as medicine?
Ain't I, now ?" "Yes, you have," he said, angrily.