"Is she as pretty as I am ?" she asked, purely for information.
"Lord, no!" Mr.Ticke responded warmly.

"Besides, you've got style, and distinction, and ideas.

Any editor would appreciate your points, once you saw him.

But you've got to see him first.

My candid advice is _take_ this to the _Consul_ office." Elfrida looked at him in a way which baffled him to understand.