He swears, he smokes, he drinks, he has fought with his fists (he has told me so, and he likes it; he says so).

He is all that a man should not be--a man I would want for my--" her voice sank very low--"husband.

Then he is too strong.

My prince must be tall, and slender, and dark--a graceful, bewitching prince.

No, there is no danger of my failing in love with Martin Eden.