My life is here--the people, the things I'm used to.

I've a sense of peace that I don't have anywhere else." She gazed dreamily away.

"And peace is the greatest asset." "The greatest asset," repeated Ross absently.

"You are to be envied." "_I_ think so," assented she, a curious undertone of defiance in her voice.

She had a paniclike impulse to begin to talk of Dory; but, though she cast about diligently, she could find no way of introducing him that would not have seemed awkward--pointed and provincially prudish.
"What are you reading ?" he asked presently.
She turned the book so that he could see the title.