She had an especial wish to know whether he had ever been in love--seriously, passionately--and, failing to gather any satisfaction from his allusions, she at last directly inquired.

He hesitated a while, and at last he said, "No!" She declared that she was delighted to hear it, as it confirmed her private conviction that he was a man of no feeling.
"Really ?" he asked, very gravely.

"Do you think so?
How do you recognize a man of feeling ?" "I can't make out," said Mrs.Tristram, "whether you are very simple or very deep." "I'm very deep.

That's a fact." "I believe that if I were to tell you with a certain air that you have no feeling, you would implicitly believe me." "A certain air ?" said Newman.

"Try it and see." "You would believe me, but you would not care," said Mrs.Tristram.
"You have got it all wrong.