My little friend from California is crazy about him--and I haven't dared tell her he's only a drummer; such a fling would be unchivalrous of me--" "It would, Richard.

Be a generous foe--whether--whether you can afford to be or not!" "My sister--my own sister says this to me! This is quite the unkindest.
I'm going to offer myself to the daughter of the redwoods at once." Shirley and Armitage talked--as people will on ship-board--of everything under the sun.

Shirley's enthusiasms were in themselves interesting; but she was informed in the world's larger affairs, as became the daughter of a man who was an authority in such matters, and found it pleasant to discuss them with Armitage.

He felt the poetic quality in her; it was that which had first appealed to him; but he did not know that something of the same sort in himself touched her; it was enough for those days that he was courteous and amusing, and gained a trifle in her eyes from the fact that he had no tangible background.
Then came the evening of the fifth day.

They were taking a turn after dinner on the lighted deck.