"No indeed, no one expects me; and yet--I had rather you should misunderstand me than think that I had lied.

Yes--I am going to seek a woman; and if I do not find her to-morrow, if in the course of tomorrow I do not succeed in my heart's desire, she is lost--not only to me, though I cannot give up the heavenly love for the sake of the earthly and fleshly--but to my Lord and Saviour.

It is the life--the everlasting life or death of one of God's loveliest creatures that hangs on to-morrow's work." Demetrius was greatly astonished, and it was with an angry gesture of impatience that he replied: "Again you have overstepped the boundary within which we can possibly understand each other.

In my opinion you are hardly old enough to undertake the salvation of the imperilled souls of pretty women.

Take care what you are about, youngster! It is safe enough to go into the water with those who can swim, but those who sink are apt to draw you down with them.