But, bless me, what's the use ?" "Oh, if I could only--" "Only what ?" he encouraged her.

He was greatly interested in getting her point of view, and it was perfectly clear that a great idea possessed her.
"Oh, if I could only go to college, that would be the finest thing in the world!" "You think that would be more interesting than boarding-school?
If you go to college they may require Greek and you don't even know what the letters look like!" "Oh, yes, I know a little about it!" "I think not, Sylvia.

How could you ?" "Oh, the letters were so queer, I learned them just for fun out of an old textbook I found on the campus one day.

Nobody ever came to claim it, so I read it all through and learned all the declensions and vocabularies, though I only guessed at the pronunciation." Professor Kelton was greatly amused.

"You tackled Greek just for fun, did you ?" he laughed; then, after a moment's absorption: "I'm going to Indianapolis to-morrow and I'll take you with me, if you care to go along.