"Relations do not always love each other very much," said she.
"No," said Alton.

"Still, I think they should, and, even if it hurts, I feel I've got to tell you I'm sorry.

If you would only take it, it would please me to give you back Carnaby." The girl almost gasped with astonishment and indignation.

"That is a trifle unnecessary, since you know it is perfectly impossible," she said.
She had at last roused the man, for the moonlight showed a darker colour creeping into his tan.

"I don't usually say more than I mean," he said.