She was too independent to accept help.

She did not wish to become obligated to any one, not even her dearest friend." "Foolish girl," was Evelyn's contemptuous comment.

"If one can't ask occasional favors of one's friends one might as well have none.

I am very sure that I would take the goods the gods provide without murmuring.

These extreme standards of ethics and honor are all very pretty in books, but not at all practical in every-day life." Grace made no reply.