But Cornelia was equal to the emergency.
"If you'll go and ask papa now," said she, "I'll take care of this person meantime.

He's known me so long, I don't want to be impolite to him." A good deal of harm may be done in this world by what is called a reluctance to be uncivil.

There is generally more selfishness than consideration about it.

All sincere admiration, no matter from how low a source, is grateful to us.

Cornelia knew that Bill Reynolds worshipped her with his whole small capacity, and she was unwilling to deny herself the miserable little incense, and give him plainly to understand that, though it was not distasteful to her, he was.