We are never very gay here." "But you are happy ?" "Oh yes, quite happy, except when Harry is disturbed by these troubles.

I don't think any body has so many troubles as a squatter.
It sometimes seems that all the world is against him." "We shall be allies now, at any rate." "Oh, I do so hope we shall," said Kate, putting her hands together in her energy, and then retreating from her energy with sad awkwardness when she remembered the personal application of her wish.

"That is, I mean you and Harry," she added, in a whisper.
"Why not I and others besides Harry ?" "It is so much to him to have a real friend.

Things concern us, of course, only just as they concern him.

Women are never of very much account, I think.