It has spoiled her." "You began this argument," said I, "with the proposition that woman was a remarkable phenomenon--a generalisation which includes woman in fig-leaves and woman in diamonds." "Oh, dry up," said Jaffery, "and tell me what I ought to do.

I didn't want to hurt the girl's feelings.

Why should I?
In fact I'm rather fond of her.

She appeals to me as something big and primitive.

Long ago, if it hadn't been that poor old Prescott--you know what I mean--I gave up thinking of her in that way at once--and now I just want to be friends--we have been friends.