"I was silly, was not I ?" "Yes," said Mr.Carlyon, "but I don't think I mind your being so--it is nice to laugh." She slipped her thin little hand into his for a moment, and caught hold of one of his fingers.
"I am so glad you understand that," she said.

"How good it is to laugh! That is what the birds sing to me, it is no use ever to be sad, because it draws evil and fear to yourself, and even in the winter one must know there is always the beautiful spring soon coming.

Don't you think God is full of love for this world ?" "I am sure he is." "The Aunts' God isn't a very kind person," she went on.

"But I expect, since you know about the Greeks, yours and mine are the same." "Probably," said Cheiron.
Then, being assured on this point, Halcyone felt she could almost entrust him with her greatest secret.
"Do you know," she said, in the gravest voice, "I will tell you something.

I have a goddess, too.