We never _hated_ each other; I don't want you to think that.' 'But--didn't it bring you friends as well as comfort ?' 'Oh,' he laughed, 'I am not so rich as to have people pressing for my acquaintance.

I have only about six hundred a year.' Monica drew in her breath silently, then gazed at the distance.
'No, I haven't made any new friends.

The one or two men I care for are not much better off than I used to be, and I always feel ashamed to ask them to come and see me.

Perhaps they think I shun them because of their position, and I don't know how to justify myself.

Life has always been full of worrying problems for me.