But may I ask why he is to be considered sacred ?" "Why ?" she answered, and a genuine note crept into her bantering voice.
"Because he is one of the few men worth anything whom I ever chanced to meet--except dad there and----" "Spare me," cut in the Colonel, with admirable skill, for well he knew that his name was not upon the lady's lips.

"But would it be impertinent to inquire what it is that constitutes Morris's preeminent excellence in your eyes ?" "Of course not; only it is three things, not one.

First, he works harder than any man I know, and I think men who work adorable, because I am so lazy myself.

Secondly, he thinks a great deal, and very few people do that to any purpose.

Thirdly, I never feel inclined to go to sleep when he takes me in to dinner.