She is a beautiful woman; large and soft and regal-looking, a very woman; it would be difficult to imagine a better specimen of 'the eternal feminine.' Also, they say, that is, the nurse who is looking after my father says, that she is very rich and devoted to 'Mr.Morris.' So Mr.Morris is a lucky man.

I wonder why he didn't save her from a shipwreck instead of me.

It would have given an appropriate touch of romance to the affair, which is now entirely wasted upon a young person, if I may still call myself so, with whom it has no concern.
"What interests me more than our host's matrimonial engagements, however, are his experiments with aerophones.

That is a wonderful invention if only it can be made to work without fail upon all occasions.

I do wish that I could help him there.