Even if a woman refused to be my wife I should be none the less friendly, unless she had trifled with me.

To my man's reason a natural tie does not count for so much as the years we spent together.

I remember what you were to me then, and what I seemed to you.

I tried to keep up the old feeling by correspondence.
The West is a world of wonders, and you have come from it the greatest wonder of all." "I hope I shall not prove to you a monstrosity, Graydon.

I will try not to be one if you will give me a chance." "Oh, no, indeed; you promise to be one of the most charming young ladies I ever met." "I don't promise anything of the kind," she replied, with a laugh that was chiefly the expression of her intense nervous tension.