"You take an ungenerous advantage of me," said he.

"Tell me something you admire, which, at least, I may have the privilege of disputing,--something that you think generally neglected." "I admire few things that are generally neglected," answered Constance, with her bright and proud smile.

"Fame gives its stamp to all metal that is of intrinsic value." This answer was quite characteristic of Constance: she worshipped fame far more than the genius which won it.

"Well, then," said Godolphin, "let us see now if we can come to a compromise of sentiment;" and he took up the Comus of Milton.
No one read poetry so beautifully: his voice was so deep and flexible; and his countenance answered so well to every modulation of his voice.
Constance was touched by the reader, but not by the verse.

Godolphin had great penetration; he perceived it, and turned to the speeches of Satan in Paradise Lost.