How did you know that ?" "How ?" and she laughed.

"How long have we been married!" "Nonsense, Ann! What has that got to do with the matter ?" "Well," said Rivers, a little amused, "we shall know in a day or two.

He will pass high." "Of course," said Penhallow.
Then the talk drifted away to the mills, the village and the farm work.
When after dinner Rivers declined to smoke with the Squire, Ann walked with the clergyman down the avenue and said presently, "Dine with us on Monday, Mark, and as often as possible.

My husband is really worrying about John." "And you, dear lady ?" "I--oh, of course, I miss them greatly; but Leila needs the contact with the social life she now has in the weekly holiday at Baltimore; and as for John, did it never occur to you that he ought to be among men of his age--and social position--and women too, who will not, I fancy, count for much in the 'West Point education.' "Yes--yes, what you say is true of course, but ah! I dread for him the temptations of another life than this." "Would you keep him here longer, if you could ?" she asked.
"No.

What would life be worth or how could character be developed without temptation?
That is one of my puzzles about the world to come, a world where there would be no 'yes and no' would hardly be worth while." "And quite beyond me," cried Ann, laughing.