They are, reluctantly I confess, so rare and so conspicuous--have so many times been seen, and known, and praised by us all,--that it would put me in the most foolish of attitudes should I attempt to reconsider a verdict so frequently pronounced, or to eat my own words, uttered a thousand times.
"It is also, I presume, useless to deny that we were well pleased--nay, delighted--with Willie's evident sentiment for her.

Indeed, so thoroughly did she charm me, that, had I not seen how absolutely his heart was enlisted in her pursuit, she is the very girl whom I should have selected, could I have so done, as a wife for Tom and a daughter for myself.
"I knew full well how deep was this feeling for her when he marched away, on that day so full of supreme splendor and pain, unable to see her and to say adieu.

His eyes, his face, his manner, his very voice, marked his restlessness, his longing, and disappointment.

I was positively angry with the girl for thwarting and hurting him so, and, whatever her excuse might be, for her absence at such a time.

How constantly are we quarrelling with our best fates! "She remained in New York, as you know, for some weeks after the 19th; in fact, has been at home but for a little while.