Is grave and old for his years, and doesn't seem to care much for pleasure and admiration, as most men would after a youth like his, for he has had a hard time, I believe.

For a wonder, he consented to come when Mrs.Langdon asked him, and I flew off at once to tell you and secure you for tonight." "A thousand thanks.

I meant to rest, for Mamma frets about my being so gay; but she won't object to a quiet evening with you.

What shall we wear ?" And here the conversation branched off on the all-absorbing topic of dress.
When Lillian joined her friend that evening, the hero had already arrived, and, stepping into a recess, she waited to catch a glimpse of him.

Maud was called away, and she was alone when the crowd about the inner room thinned and permitted young Talbot to be seen.