I can't take things in the simple way that comes natural to other men.' 'Don't you think we ought to be turning back, Mr.Widdowson ?' 'Yes, we will.

I am sorry the time goes so quickly.' When a few minutes had passed in silence, he asked,-- 'Do you feel that I am no longer quite a stranger to you, Miss Madden ?' 'Yes--you have told me so much.' 'It's very kind of you to listen so patiently.

I wish I had more interesting things to tell, but you see what a dull life mine has been.' He paused, and let the boat waver on the stream for a moment.
'When I dared to speak to you last Sunday I had only the faintest hope that you would grant me your acquaintance.

You can't, I am sure, repent of having done me that kindness-- ?' 'One never knows.

I doubted whether I ought to talk with a stranger--' 'Rightly--quite rightly.