"I merely came in to yearn over the pretty things." "O messenger from Heaven!" he cried, more hopefully.

"Would it appear presumptuous if I asked you, in return for this favor, to select the very prettiest gown in this shop for your very own ?" The offer was refused pleasantly, but firmly.

"I'd be paid ten times over by the fun of spending oodles of money even if it were not my own.
But would they consent to have a stranger-- ?" "If you will permit a tiny deceit, I'm sure they will.

I shall burden my conscience with a white lie and pretend that you are a friend to whose judgment I have appealed.

My poor conscience is scandalously overburdened, but--that girl is suffering!" "I thought they must have struck oil.