To hear it thus lightly spoken of was intolerable.
"How dare you say such a thing!" she exclaimed.

"As if Nick--Nick!--would ever stoop to take advantage of a thing like that.
Nick, who might have won the V.C., only--" She broke off with vehement self-repression.

"I'm an idiot to argue with you!" she said.
"Don't be too hard on yourself!" said Max kindly.

"Your imbecility takes quite an attractive form, I assure you.

So our gallant hero occupies the shrine of your young affections, does he?
It must be rather cramping for him.