Do you suppose anybody will ever make decency a fashion ?" "You're doing your best," said Ferrall, laughing at his wife's pretty, boyish face turned back toward him over her shoulder; "you're presenting your cousin and his millions to a girl who can dress the part--" "Don't, Kemp! I don't know why I meddled! ...

I wish I hadn't--" "I do.

You can't let Howard alone! You're perfectly possessed to plague him when he's with you, and now you've arranged for another woman to keep it up for the rest of his lifetime.

What does Sylvia want with a man who possesses the instincts and intellect of a coachman?
She is asked everywhere, she has her own money.

Why not let her alone?
Or is it too late ?" "You mean let her make a fool of herself with Stephen Siward?
That is where she is drifting." "Do you think--" "Yes, I do.