I have never succeeded in obtaining an engagement in this country.

I do not suppose that even if I had persevered I should ever have had one." "You have given up the idea, then," he remarked.
"I have given it up," she admitted, a little curtly.

"Please do not think, because I am allowing you to be my companion for a short time, that you may ask me questions.

How fast these taxies go!" They drew up at their destination--a well-known restaurant in Regent Street.

He paid the cabman and they descended a flight of stairs into the grill-room.
"I hope that this place will suit you," he said.