8/15 "This is being a little too proud, my friend. It is throwing rather too much upon the lady, who must be wooed if she would be won." "A lady has eyes," said Paul. If she likes the man who approaches her, let her say so with her eyes. She will not be misunderstood." "You are a man," replied Mrs.Denison, a little impatiently; "and, from the beginning, man has not been able to comprehend woman! If you wait for a woman worth having to tell you, even with her eyes, that she likes you, and this before you have given a sign, you will wait until the day of doom. A true woman holds herself at a higher price!" There was silence between the parties for the space of nearly a minute. |