I have never made any secret of those sentiments, neither have I talked much about them, not being a man of many words.

I used to fancy myself the very reverse of a marrying man, and I don't say but what at this moment I think the man who lives and dies a bachelor does the wisest for his own comfort and his own prosperity.

But we are not the masters of our feelings, Miss Carley.

You have growed upon me lately somehow, so that I've got not to care for my life without you.

Ask Mrs.Tadman if my appetite hasn't fell off within this last six months to a degree that has frightened her; and a man of my regular habits must be very far gone in love, Miss Carley, when his appetite forsakes him.