Without her assistance he never would have had it.
"It is most kind of you," he said in French, which language had been spoken all the evening in courtesy to the marquise, who was now asleep--"it is most kind of you to condescend to visit my poor house, princess.

Believe me, I feel the honor deeply.

When you first came into the room--you may have observed it--I was quite taken aback.

I--I have read in books of beauty capable of taking away a man's breath.

You must excuse me--I am a plain-spoken man.