One thing she may be sure of: I have never belittled the talent God has given me.

I have striven for the ideal; I have even fought for it.

That part of my life holds no stain." "But the habit ?" hesitant.
"It is gone, where all fool-habits go, when a man has will power to rid himself of them.

Pride has something to do with it; and I have my share of pride.

I shall never go back." His head was turned away, but she could see the muscles in the jaws harden.
"You will never go back, I am sure, Richard." That she had at last pronounced his given name did not stir him; in fact, it passed over his head and hearing.