He perfectly recognized the fact that he admired her above all other women he knew; but it was also apparent that to see her day by day, year by year, his partner in the commonplaces as well as in the heights, romance would become threadbare quickly enough.

"Who is he ?" he repeated.
"That I prefer not to disclose to you just yet.

What are you going to call your new play ?" with a wave of her hand toward the manuscript.
"I had intended to call it Love and Money, but the very name presages failure." "Yes, it needs the cement of compatibility to keep the two together." "Well, from my heart I wish you all the best luck in the world," he said, the absence of any mental reservation in his eyes.

"You would make any man a good wife.

If I weren't a born fool--" She leaned toward him, her face suddenly tense and eager.
"-- if I weren't a born fool," with a smile that was whimsical, "I'd have married you myself, long ago.