I am sure I don't want to." "My son, don't say such dreadful things," murmured Mrs.Vane, taking up a tawdry theatrical dress, with a sigh, and beginning to patch it.

She felt a little disappointed that he had not joined the group.

It would have increased the theatrical picturesqueness of the situation.
"Why not, Mother?
I mean it." "You pain me, my son.

I trust you will return from Australia in a position of affluence.

I believe there is no society of any kind in the Colonies--nothing that I would call society--so when you have made your fortune, you must come back and assert yourself in London." "Society!" muttered the lad.