"Love among the rest--I don't care--why should I?
Make me comfortable." An impulse which was hardly more than a consuming interest in humanity--in the varied phenomena of life--caused him to draw quickly nearer.
"You say that because you've 'arrived,'" he declared.

"You've 'arrived' in love as your friend has in literature.

The probationary stage after all is the only one worth while, and you've gone too far beyond it." "I've gone too far beyond everything," she protested, laughing.

"I'm a graduate of the world.

Now Laura--" The name recalled his thoughts and he repeated it while she paused.
"Laura--it has a jolly sound--and upon my word I haven't seen a woman in years who has had so much to say to me before I've met her.