I--I am afraid of their ridicule.

Could you try to help me a little ?" "If you put it that way, of course." And, after a silence, "What am I to say?
What in God's name shall I say to you, Alixe ?" "Anything bitter--as long as you control your voice and features.

Try to smile at me when you speak, Philip." "All right.

I have no reason to be bitter, anyway," he said; "and every reason to be otherwise." "That is not true.

You tell me that I have ruined your career in the army.