There are some questions in life that demand both." "Please do not speak so coldly.

You do not understand." "I wish I did." "Be patient and you will.

After maintaining friendship true and strong for years, it hurts me to be misjudged now." "But, Miss Wildmere--" he began, impetuously.
"Hush," she said, hastily; then added, a little coldly, "if I am not worthy of a little trust I am not worthy of anything." Graydon was touched to the quick.

Honorable himself, he felt that he was acting meanly and suspiciously--that his jealousy and irritation were leading him to unmanly conduct.

There was some reason for her course, which would be explained eventually, and he ought not to ask a woman to be his wife at all unless he could trust her.