There was no sound, yet to intense listening the air became full of sea-music.

It was the night of Homer, the island-charm of the Odyssey.
"Answer me quickly, Cecily; we have only a few minutes, and I want to say a great deal.

You have talked with Miriam ?" "Yes." "You know that she repeats what Mallard has instructed her to say?
Their one object now is to get me at a distance from you.

You see how your aunt has changed--in appearance; her policy is to make me think that she will be my friend when I am away.

I can speak with certainty after observing her for so long; in reality she is as firm against me as ever.