"Suppose we go and have tea?
I'd like to take you to a teahouse I know, but we'll go to the Victoria instead.

I must practise what I preach." "I should be unafraid to go anywhere with you." "Lord, that's just the lesson I've been expounding! It isn't a question of fear; it's one of propriety." "I'll never understand." "You don't have to.

I'll tell you what.

I'll write out certain rules of conduct, and then you'll never be in doubt." She laughed; and it was pleasant laughter in his ears.

If only this child were his: what good times they would have together! The thought passed on, but it left a little ache in his heart.
"Why do you laugh ?" he asked.
"All that you have been telling me, our old Kanaka cook summed up in a phrase." "What was it ?" "Never glance sideways at a man.".
"The whole thing in a nutshell!" "Are there no men a woman may trust absolutely ?" "Hang it, that isn't it.